CVE-1999-0797 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service against the NIS finger service by sending a large volume of requests, triggering excessive NIS queries.
- 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-1999-0797?
CVE-1999-0797 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 22 Mar 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0797?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0797?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0797 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-1999-0797 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0797 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pj4v-m2mp-56cp.