CVE-1999-0265 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can crash or lock up hosts by sending malicious ICMP redirect messages, affecting operating system network stacks.
- 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-1999-0265?
CVE-1999-0265 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 29 Sep 1999. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ICMP redirect messages may crash or lock up a host.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0265?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microware Os-9, Novell Netware.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0265?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0265 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-1999-0265 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0265 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9jjh-mmpf-2gc5.