CVE-1999-1331 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in netcfg 2.16-1 within Red Hat Linux 4.2. When a specific option is enabled, local users can control the Ethernet interface upon reboot, allowing them to shut it down. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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