CVE-1999-1423 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 9 Mar 2002 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Local users can crash the Solaris ping utility by sending multicast requests via the loopback interface, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-1999-1423?

CVE-1999-1423 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface, e.g. via ping -i.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1423?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1423?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1423 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-1999-1423 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1423 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c9v3-wqvp-m35p.