CVE-1999-0849

Summary

CVE-1999-0849 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the BIND named software. Its exploitation allows an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition by sending specially crafted DNS queries with excessively long domain names. The excessive length of these domain names, known as maxdname, results in memory exhaustion and service crashes, making it essential for BIND users to apply available patches promptly to mitigate this issue.

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