CVE-1999-0746

Summary

CVE-1999-0746 is a vulnerability affecting SuSE Linux systems. The issue lies with the in.identd service, which has a default configuration that waits 120 seconds between processing requests. An attacker can exploit this delay by flooding the system with requests, leading to a denial of service condition. The vulnerability can be mitigated by either adjusting the configuration of in.identd or disabling the service entirely.

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