CVE-1999-0220 Denial of service in n/a
Critical 10.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0220 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-0220 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0220 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-1999-0220/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0220/index.md)
Attackers can crash the IRC server, causing a denial of service for all connected users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0220?
CVE-1999-0220 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Attackers can do a denial of service of IRC by crashing the server.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0220?
How do I fix CVE-1999-0220?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0220 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-1999-0220 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0220 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9rhw-5hch-3fh6.