CVE-2000-1066 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the getnameinfo function, affecting FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and potentially other operating systems. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this by supplying an excessively long DNS hostname. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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