# CVE-1999-0831: Denial of service in n/a

> An attacker can cause a denial of service in Linux syslogd by establishing a large number of connections.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2000
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3cgm-rhf4-87qm

## What is CVE-1999-0831?

CVE-1999-0831 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 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 Linux syslogd via a large number of connections.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0831?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Cobalt Qube, Debian Debian Linux, Sun Cobalt Raq, Sun Cobalt Raq 2, Sun Cobalt Raq 3i, Suse Suse Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-0831?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-0831 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux

- [CVE-2002-1058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1058/): Directory traversal vulnerability in splashAdmin.php for Cobalt Qube 3.0 allows local users and remote attackers, to gain privileges as the Qube Admin via .. (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-1408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1408/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0831 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-0831 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Jan 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-1999-0831 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-1999-0831/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0831/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0831
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0831
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-0831

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.