Unscored severity · published Nov 10, 1999
CVE-1999-0848
Denial of service in BIND named via consuming more than "fdmax" file descriptors
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CVSS
6.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Denial of service in BIND named via consuming more than "fdmax" file descriptors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.4% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
8.2; 8.2.1 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Sun
7.0 · source: NVD
SU
Sunos · Sun
5.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0848
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0848
sunsolve.sun.com
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788
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