CVE-1999-1214 Missing authorization in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service by sending signals to arbitrary processes due to missing credential checks in the BSD kernel's asynchronous I/O facility.
- 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-1999-1214?
CVE-1999-1214 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by using certain ioctl and fcntl calls to cause the signal to be sent to an arbitrary process ID.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1214?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Bsd Bsd, Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd, Openbsd Openbsd, Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1214?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-1999-1214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2wrh-h883-mcp8.