CVE-2000-1066 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The getnameinfo function in FreeBSD 4.1.1 and earlier, and p)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2000-1066 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2000-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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