CVE-1999-0969 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Windows NT via spoofed malformed RPC packets, affecting system availability.
- 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-1999-0969?
CVE-1999-0969 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
The Windows NT RPC service allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service using spoofed malformed RPC packets which generate an error message that is sent to the spoofed host, potentially setting up a loop, aka Snork.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0969?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0969 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-1999-0969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2001-0045 The default permissions for the RAS Administration key in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by changing the va
- CVE-1999-0119 Windows NT 4.0 beta allows users to read and delete shares.
- CVE-1999-0226 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-1999-0285 Denial of service in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6jf-8hv3-h7hm.