CVE - CVE-2001-0062

CVE-ID
CVE-2001-0062	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:2131 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2131 FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-00:77 URL:ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:77.procfs.v1.1.asc OSVDB:1698 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/1698~~ (Obsolete source) OSVDB:6082 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/6082~~ (Obsolete source) XF:procfs-mmap-dos(6107) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6107
Date Record Created
20010507	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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