CVE-1999-0797 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in SunOS where a high volume of NIS finger requests can overwhelm the system with NIS queries. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a low impact (partial availability loss) and high attack complexity, with no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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