CVE-1999-0797

Published Jun 29, 1998

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.6
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 4.9
Vector string: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "11AEFEC9-5DB4-44CB-977D-6561DC1680C1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References