CVE-2000-1066

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2000-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long DNS hostname.

Affected products

FreeBSD: 4.0, 4.0-alpha, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.1-release

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1894
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5454
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1894
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5454

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