CVE-1999-0010

CVSS 2.0 Score 5.0 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Apr 8, 1998
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-0010 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting BIND 8 Releases. Maliciously formatted DNS messages can be used to cause the BIND DNS server to crash, resulting in a denial of service condition. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted DNS queries to the affected server. The vulnerability was identified in 1999 and may still pose a risk to unpatched systems. Organizations are advised to update their BIND DNS servers to a patched version to mitigate this threat.

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Affected Products

  • SunOS
  • IBM AIX
  • NetBSD
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • ISC BIND

Affected Vendors

  • IBM Corporation
  • Red Hat
  • Oracle Corp
  • Netbsd
  • Internet Storm Center