CVE-2000-1066

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 24 years ago

2000-12-11 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:29:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 4.0

4.0

FreeBSD 4.1

4.1

FreeBSD 4.1.1

4.1.1

References

FreeBSD-SA-00:63

1894

Patch, Vendor Advisory

getnameinfo-dos(5454)

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