Vulnerability CVE-1999-0783

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0783 (CCN-3827)

Assigned:

1998-06-16

Published:

1998-06-16

Updated:

2011-03-08

Summary:

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

CVSS v3 Severity:

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

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network 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:

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

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

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

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network 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: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-98:05
system crash with NFS

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0783

Source: CCN
Type: CIAC Information Bulletin I-057
FreeBSD NFS Kernel Code Error

Source: CIAC
Type: UNKNOWN
I-057

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
6090

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 6090
FreeBSD Device Special File Hard Link NFS DoS

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freebsd-nfs-link-dos(3827)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable