Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0848

Title: BIND named consumes fdmax leading to denial of service

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0848

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 10, 1999
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0848: Denial of service in BIND named via consuming more than "fdmax" file descriptors.

Impacted Vendors

I
isc 1

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 MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0848 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19615
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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:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.