Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0837

Title: BIND denial of service via improper TCP closure and so_linger handling

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-1999-0837.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 10, 1999
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0837: Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

Impacted Vendors

I
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Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0837 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.