CVE-1999-0446

NetBSD <= 1.3.3 - Denial of Service via Symbolic Link Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Local users can perform a denial of service in NetBSD 1.3.3 and earlier versions by creating an unusual symbolic link with the ln command, triggering a bug in VFS.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/7051

Scores

EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.5%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
netbsd/netbsd 1.3.1
netbsd/netbsd 1.3.2
netbsd/netbsd 1.3.3
Published Apr 12, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026