CVE-1999-0783 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 22 Mar 2000 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service on FreeBSD by creating hard links from device files to NFS locations.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-1999-0783?

CVE-1999-0783 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 22 Mar 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0783?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0783?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0783 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-1999-0783 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0783 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mw4j-8wf7-4rfp.