CVE-1999-0116

Description

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 9.04% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/136	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961202-01-PX	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-0116?: CVE-1999-0116 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-0116?: To fix CVE-1999-0116, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-0116 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-1999-0116 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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