Security readout for executives and security teams
A logged-in user on older FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD systems could crash or freeze the machine by opening many socket pairs, requesting large buffers, and writing to them. This is a local denial-of-service issue reported in 1999-2000. It does not disclose data or grant new privileges, but it can knock a shared host offline until it is restarted. Limited to legacy BSD-family systems where untrusted users hold local shell access. Modern, patched FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD releases and single-tenant servers with no interactive local users are unlikely to be exposed. The bundle names no specific vulnerable versions or CPEs, so exposure should be confirmed against each host's OS release. Low priority for most organizations. Address only if you still operate legacy BSD servers that permit untrusted local logins; in that case, plan an OS upgrade or account restriction as routine hygiene rather than an incident response. Mitigation focus: Upgrade any BSD-family hosts to a current, vendor-supported release that includes socket buffer accounting fixes.; Restrict interactive local accounts on multi-user BSD systems to trusted users only.; Apply per-user resource limits (login.conf / rlimits) to cap socket and memory usage..
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- bsd-setsockopt-dos(3298)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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