CVE-1999-0482 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

A local attacker can crash the OpenBSD kernel by exploiting TSS handling flaws, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-1999-0482?

CVE-1999-0482 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd, published on 29 Sep 1999. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenBSD kernel crash through TSS handling, as caused by the crashme program.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0482?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openbsd Openbsd.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0482?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-1999-0482 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0482 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-r3r7-w29p-j4w6.

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