CVE-1999-0116 describes a Denial of Service vulnerability, commonly known as a SYN flood, affecting IBM AIX and SNG systems. An attacker can exploit this by sending numerous SYN packets without completing the TCP handshake, overwhelming the target system's resources. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that primarily impacts availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or showing active community discussion, public exploit code (EDB-343) exists, suggesting potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:sng:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:ibm:sng:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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