PT-1998-1109 · Nis · Nis

Published 1998-06-29 · Updated 2008-09-09 · CVE-1999-0797

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NIS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0797

Affected Products

Nis

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0797 · Security Note
• http://ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-070.shtml · Note