CVE-1999-0837

View on CVE.org

Published Jan 4, 2000 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 2.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0818	Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.7% (2.714% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Isc Bind

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 4:48 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 4, 2000, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved: Dec 7, 1999, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:49 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 10, 1999, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:49 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2005-11-02T10:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "CSSA-1999-034.1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_CALDERA"], "url": "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt"}, {"name": "788", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788"}, {"name": "00194", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUN"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-0837", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "CSSA-1999-034.1", "refsource": "CALDERA", "url": "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt"}, {"name": "788", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788"}, {"name": "00194", "refsource": "SUN", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T16:48:38.205Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "CSSA-1999-034.1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_CALDERA", "x_transferred"], "url": "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt"}, {"name": "788", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788"}, {"name": "00194", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-1999-0837", "datePublished": "2000-01-04T05:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "1999-12-07T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T16:48:38.205Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "52D1DAE0-DB4D-475F-B11B-29AA3A00DB60", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "93BB48F5-A635-402E-AE7F-B8AB90ED0C70", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "8F1F312C-413F-4DB4-ABF4-48E33F6FECF2", "vulnerable": true}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "08003947-A4F1-44AC-84C6-9F8D097EB759", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger."}], "id": "CVE-1999-0837", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:49:09.680", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 10.0, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": true, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "1999-11-10T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}