CVE-2000-0461

Summary

CVE-2000-0461 is a vulnerability affecting the semaphore system in BSD. The undocumented semconfig system call, which is not part of the official API, can be exploited by local users to cause a denial-of-service condition. By manipulating this call, they can freeze the state of semaphores, thereby disrupting the normal functioning of the semaphore system. This issue could potentially lead to significant performance degradation or even system crashes.

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