CVE-2000-0030 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 12 Jul 2000 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local users can exhaust restricted disk space in Solaris dmispd by adding files to the database, causing denial of service.

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-2000-0030?

CVE-2000-0030 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 12 Jul 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Solaris dmispd dmi_cmd allows local users to fill up restricted disk space by adding files to the /var/dmi/db database.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0030?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-2000-0030?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0030 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-2000-0030 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0030 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-x2hc-692w-3vgc.