CVE-1999-1075 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service by flooding connections to an improperly handled port in the AIX inetd service.
- 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-1999-1075?
CVE-1999-1075 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ibm Aix, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
inetd in AIX 4.1.5 dynamically assigns a port N when starting ttdbserver (ToolTalk server), but also inadvertently listens on port N-1 without passing control to ttdbserver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port N-1, which are not properly closed by inetd.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1075?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Aix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1075?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1075 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-1999-1075 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1075 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Aix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pfhq-836m-g5x5.