CVE-1999-0843 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service on Cisco routers running NAT by sending a specific FTP PORT command to the Telnet port.

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-1999-0843?

CVE-1999-0843 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Denial of service in Cisco routers running NAT via a PORT command from an FTP client to a Telnet port.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0843?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Router.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0843?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0843 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-1999-0843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c2pq-hgr4-43fm.

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