Unscored severity · published Sep 15, 1997
CVE-1999-1214
The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allows local users to cause a denial of…
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CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The asynchronous I/O facility in 4.4 BSD kernel does not check user credentials when setting the recipient of I/O notification, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by using certain ioctl and fcntl calls to cause the signal to be sent to an arbitrary process ID.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BS
Bsd · Bsd
4.4 · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
6.2 · source: NVD
IR
Irix · Sgi
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Netbsd · Netbsd
2.0.4 · source: NVD
OP
Openbsd · Openbsd
2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1214
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1214
www.openbsd.com
http://www.openbsd.com/advisories/signals.txt
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/11062
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/556
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