CVE-1999-0524

Published Aug 1, 1997

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description
ICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200

Social media

Hype score
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Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux is configured by default to respond to all ICMP requests. Users may configure the firewall to prevent a system from responding to certain ICMP requests.

Configurations