CVE-1999-0849 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting BIND named, specifically exploitable through a malformed "maxdname" field. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.0) allows an unauthenticated attacker to disrupt service with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this very old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.5:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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