Description
Vulnerability in union file system in FreeBSD 2.2 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system reload) via a series of certain mount_union commands.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:10.mount_union.asc
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7429.php
Various Sources third-party-advisory
government-resource
x_refsource_ciac
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-24.shtml
Scores
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
38.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (6)
freebsd/freebsd
2.0
freebsd/freebsd
2.0.5
freebsd/freebsd
2.1 stable
freebsd/freebsd
2.1.0
freebsd/freebsd
2.2 current
freebsd/freebsd
< 2.2
Published
May 17, 1996
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026