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A vulnerability has been found in NetBSD up to 1.5 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function sendmsg
. The manipulation of the argument msg_controllen
with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
sendmsg function in NetBSD 1.3 through 1.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel trap or panic) via a msghdr structure with a large msg_controllen length.
The weakness was released 07/20/2001 by Jaromir Dolecek (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0993. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.
Upgrading to version 1.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6908).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: NetBSD 1.5.1
Timeline
07/20/2001 🔍07/24/2001 🔍
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02/21/2003 🔍
07/07/2014 🔍
05/31/2018 🔍
Sources
Advisory: archives.neohapsis.comResearcher: Jaromir Dolecek
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0993 (🔍)
X-Force: 6908 - NetBSD kernel sendmsg(2) denial of service
SecurityFocus: 3088 - NetBSD sendmsg Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1910 - NetBSD sendmsg msg_controllen DoS
Entry
Created: 07/07/2014 16:05Updated: 05/31/2018 10:29
Changes: 07/07/2014 16:05 (52), 05/31/2018 10:29 (7)
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