CVE-1999-0524 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0524?

CVE-1999-0524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 4 Feb 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0524?

It affects 14 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Macos, Cisco Ios, Hp Hp-Ux, Hp Tru64, Ibm Aix and 8 more.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0524?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-1999-0524 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0524 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6510, GHSA-5qg4-5cpf-4r9p.