CVE-1999-0275 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Attackers can cause denial of service in Windows NT DNS servers by flooding port 53 with excessive characters.

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-1999-0275?

CVE-1999-0275 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 4 Jan 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Denial of service in Windows NT DNS servers by flooding port 53 with too many characters.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0275?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0275?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0275 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-1999-0275 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0275 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows Nt vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w59j-5972-p7cr.

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