CVE-1999-1548

Description

Cabletron SmartSwitch Router (SSR) 8000 firmware 2.x can only handle 200 ARP requests per second allowing a denial of service attack to succeed with a flood of ARP requests exceeding that limit.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.48%

Vendor Advisory bindview.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://razor.bindview.com/publish/advisories/adv_Cabletron.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/821	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1548?: CVE-1999-1548 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1548?: To fix CVE-1999-1548, 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-1999-1548 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-1999-1548 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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