CVE-2000-0461

The undocumented semconfig system call in BSD freezes the state of semaphores, which allows local users to cause a denial of service of the semaphore system by using the semconfig call.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2000-05-29

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Freebsd (Freebsd)
• Netbsd (Netbsd)

References

• http://www.openbsd.org/errata26.html#semconfig
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1270