FreeBSD 3.2 NFS v3 denial of service

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.8$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in FreeBSD 3.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component NFS v3 Handler. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1564. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FreeBSD 3.2 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component NFS v3 Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

FreeBSD 3.2 and possibly other versions allows a local user to cause a denial of service (panic) with a large number accesses of an NFS v3 mounted directory from a large number of processes.

The weakness was published 09/02/1999 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-1564. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

09/02/1999 🔍
09/02/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/21/2014 +5406 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: freebsd.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1564 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1564
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14820

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 21:54
Updated: 04/19/2026 11:23
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:54 (41), 05/21/2018 10:10 (6), 04/19/2026 11:23 (18)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to know what is going to be exploited?

We predict KEV entries!