CVE-1999-1564 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 12 Sep 2001 Updated 1 Aug 2024

A local user can cause a system panic and denial of service by accessing an NFS v3 mounted directory from many processes.

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-1999-1564?

CVE-1999-1564 is a low-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

FreeBSD 3.2 and possibly other versions allows a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) with a large number accesses of an NFS v3 mounted directory from a large number of processes.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1564?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Freebsd Freebsd.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1564?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1564 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-1999-1564 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mqjc-cjrv-6894.