CVE-1999-0783

MEDIUM

FreeBSD - Denial of Service via Hard Link to Device Special File

Title source: llm

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

Core 2

Core References

Broken Link third-party-advisory government-resource x_refsource_ciac

Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0022

EPSS Percentile 45.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (1)

freebsd/freebsd 2.2

Published Jun 16, 1998

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026