CVE-1999-0746 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the in.identd daemon, specifically affecting default configurations of SuSE Linux and Slackware Linux. The vulnerability stems from in.identd waiting 120 seconds between requests, which an unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit to cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or currently active on the Hot List, exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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