Vigil@nce - OpenBSD: denial of service via sysctl
March 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: OpenBSD.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/03/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via sysctl of OpenBSD, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/OpenBSD-denial-of-service-via-sysctl-31761