Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2000-0227
Published: March 23, 2000 / Updated: November 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100012
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2000-0227
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform service disruption.
The Linux 2.2.x kernel does not restrict the number of Unix domain sockets as defined by the wmem_max parameter, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by requesting a large number of sockets.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2000-0227
Install update from vendor's repository.