Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 17:36:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: security@freebsd.org Subject: NetBSD Security Advisory 2000-005 (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005291733510.41434-100000@achilles.silby.com>
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Out of curiosity; does anyone know if this vaguely defined problem affects
freebsd?
Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 23:47:24 -0400
From: NetBSD Security Officer <security-officer@NETBSD.ORG>
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
Subject: NetBSD Security Advisory 2000-005
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NetBSD Security Advisory 2000-005
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Topic: Local "cpu-hog" denial of service
Version: all versions prior to 2000/04/20
Severity: low; untrusted local user can hog CPU
Abstract
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Untrusted local processes can hog cpu and kernel memory by tricking
the kernel into running exclusively on their behalf, denying other
processes the CPU.
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