CVE Catalog
CVE-2000-0489
LowExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk0.70%
48th percentile — higher than 48% of all known CVEs
Summary
FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can disrupt system services, leading to downtime and loss of availability for users.
Recommendation
It is recommended to monitor socket usage and implement limits on the number of socket pairs created to minimize the risk of denial of service.
Original NVD description (English source)
FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.