CVE-1999-0159 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash Cisco IOS devices by accessing an interactive prompt, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0159?
CVE-1999-0159 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 29 Sep 1999. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Attackers can crash a Cisco IOS router or device, provided they can get to an interactive prompt (such as a login). This applies to some IOS 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x releases.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0159?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0159?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-1999-0159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2018-0167 Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow
- CVE-2017-6736 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-6737 Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wrp8-556f-jx6r.