CVE-1999-0171

Summary

CVE-1999-0171 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting syslog services. Attackers can exploit this issue by flooding syslog with an excessive number of unnecessary messages, causing the service to become overwhelmed and crash. This can result in a denial-of-service condition, making it inaccessible to legitimate users. To safeguard against this threat, administrators should implement rate limiting or blocking of excessive log messages, and ensure that their syslog servers are updated to the latest version with the relevant patches applied.

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