CVE-1999-0377

Summary

CVE-1999-0377 is a vulnerability affecting Unix systems that allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. By overwhelming the process tables through multiple connections to network services, an attacker can fill the machine's process tables, resulting in a system crash or unresponsiveness. This issue can be exploited to cause significant disruption to the targeted system. Unpatched Unix systems are at risk of this attack. It is important for system administrators to apply the available patches to mitigate this vulnerability.

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