CVE-1999-1518

Summary

CVE-1999-1518 is a vulnerability affecting operating systems with BSD 4.4 codebase and shared memory implementations. It allows users to cause a denial of service and bypass memory limits through the use of mmap or shmget functions. By allocating excessive amounts of memory and triggering page faults, this vulnerability can result in system instability and potential crashes. This issue can lead to serious consequences, including degraded system performance and potential security breaches. It is strongly recommended that affected systems be updated with appropriate patches to mitigate this risk.

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