Vulnerability CVE-1999-0483

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0483 (CCN-1827)

Assigned:

1999-02-25

Published:

1999-02-25

Updated:

2008-09-09

Summary:

OpenBSD crash using nlink value in FFS and EXT2FS filesystems.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

2.1 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

2.1 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0483

Source: CCN
Type: OpenBSD Security Advisory, February 25, 1999
An unbounded increment on the nlink value in FFS and EXT2FS filesystems can cause a system crash.

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
6129

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 6129
OpenBSD FFS and EXT2FS Filesystems nlink DoS

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
openbsd-link-crash(1827)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable