CVE-2000-0489

CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Description

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by creating a large number of socket pairs using the socketpair function, setting a large buffer size via setsockopt, then writing large buffers.

Affected Products
20
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd 3.0
freebsd freebsd 3.1
freebsd freebsd 3.2
freebsd freebsd 3.3
freebsd freebsd 3.4
freebsd freebsd 3.5
freebsd freebsd 4.0
freebsd freebsd 5.0
netbsd netbsd 1.4
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1
netbsd netbsd 1.4.1
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2
netbsd netbsd 1.4.2
openbsd openbsd 2.5
openbsd openbsd 2.6
openbsd openbsd 2.7
Weakness Types
NVD-CWE-Other
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2000-0489
Published:
1999-09-05
Modified:
2026-04-16
CVSS Score:
2.1
Severity:
LOW
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected Vendors
netbsd freebsd openbsd
Quick Actions
CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL