CVE-1999-0016 Land IP denial of service.
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0016 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-0016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Sep 1999.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0016 exists.
Affected product: Cisco Ios. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0016/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0016?
CVE-1999-0016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Sep 1999.
Official description
Land IP denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0016?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Cisco Ios, Gnu Inet, Hp Hp-Ux, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows Nt, Microsoft Winsock and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0016?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-0016 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0016 exists.
Public exploit code: 5 Exploit-DB entries and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5mw4-cxpf-cxvj.