CVE-1999-1339 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernels 2.2.10 and earlier with ipchains, and FreeBSD 3.2 with ipfw, when Network Address Translation (NAT) is enabled. Remote attackers can trigger a kernel panic by sending a specially crafted ping -R (record route) command. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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