CVE-1999-0216 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting inetd on Linux and HP-UX systems. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted SYN and RST packets, causing the inetd service to become unavailable. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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