CVE-1999-1075

Published Mar 18, 1998

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: inetd in AIX 4.1.5 dynamically assigns a port N when starting ttdbserver (ToolTalk server), but also inadvertently listens on port N-1 without passing control to ttdbserver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port N-1, which are not properly closed by inetd.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F3D3B348-270F-4209-B31A-2B40F5E4A601"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References