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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 1999· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0446

CVE-1999-0446

Description

Local users can perform a denial of service in NetBSD 1.3.3 and earlier versions by creating an unusual symbolic link with the ln command, triggering a bug in VFS.

Affected products

3
  • NetBSD/NetBSD3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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