CVE-1999-0257

Summary

CVE-1999-0257 denotes a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability caused by the Nestea variation of teardrop IP fragmentation attacks. This issue exploits a weakness in the handling of fragmented IP packets by affected systems, leading to resource exhaustion and service disruption. The vulnerability can be triggered by sending carefully crafted IP packets with overlapping fragments to a target system, causing it to consume excessive resources and ultimately crash or become unresponsive. The impact of this vulnerability can result in significant network downtime and negatively affect the availability of critical services.

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