CVE-1999-1518 Denial of service in n/a
Local users can bypass memory limits and cause denial of service by exploiting shared memory implementations in BSD-based operating systems.
- 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-1999-1518?
CVE-1999-1518 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Operating systems with shared memory implementations based on BSD 4.4 code allow a user to conduct a denial of service and bypass memory limits (e.g., as specified with rlimits) using mmap or shmget to allocate memory and cause page faults.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1518?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1518?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1518 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-1999-1518 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1518 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-69xf-x2fj-fh4j.