First published: Fri Oct 20 2000(Updated: )
FreeBSD 5.x, 4.x, and 3.x allows local users to cause a denial of service by executing a program with a malformed ELF image header.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.1 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =4.1 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.0 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.2 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.3 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =4.0 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.4 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =3.5 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =5.0-alpha | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =5.0 | |
FreeBSD Kernel | =4.0-alpha |
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CVE-2000-0729 has a severity rating of medium due to its potential to cause a denial of service.
To fix CVE-2000-0729, update FreeBSD to a version that has patched the vulnerability.
CVE-2000-0729 affects FreeBSD versions 3.0 to 5.0, including their alpha releases.
CVE-2000-0729 exploits the execution of a program with a malformed ELF image header to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2000-0729 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local user access to the affected system.