CVE-1999-1518
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...
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jul 15, 1999
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 87.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1- BSD/Linux Kernel 2.3 (BSD/OS 4.0 / FreeBSD 3.2 / NetBSD 1.4) - Shared Memory Denial of ServiceExploit
Mike Perry · bsd · Jul 15, 1999
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