CVE-2000-0461 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2000-0461

The undocumented semconfig system call in BSD freezes the state...

Vulnerability Description

The undocumented semconfig system call in BSD freezes the state of semaphores, which allows local users to cause a denial of service of the semaphore system by using the semconfig call.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

freebsd, netbsd
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.5.1, 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.6.1, 2.1.7.1, 2.2, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.8, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.0, 5.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.