Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-1066 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Freebsd 4.0/4.1/4.1.1

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
freebsd

Summary

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Freebsd
5