PT-1998-1110 · Openbsd+2 · Openbsd+2

Published 1998-12-04 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-0798

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD (affected versions not specified) FreeBSD (affected versions not specified) Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the bootpd service on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems. This issue can be triggered by a malformed header type.

Recommendations For OpenBSD, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For FreeBSD, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. For Linux, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the bootpd service until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0798

Affected Products

Freebsd

Linux

Openbsd

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0798 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2 · Note