Unscored severity · published Jun 29, 1998
CVE-1999-0797
NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries
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CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Sunos · Sun
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0797
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0797
www.ciac.org
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-070.shtml
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