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CVE-1999-0837

Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.01377
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
isc bindall versions
sun solarisall versions
sun sunosall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD10 Nov 1999 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788
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