CVE-1999-1214

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.

Category

2.1
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.08%
Vendor Advisory openbsd.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openbsd.com/advisories/signals.txt vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/11062 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/556 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1214?
CVE-1999-1214 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1214?
To fix CVE-1999-1214, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-1214 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-1999-1214 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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