CVE-1999-0524

Published Aug 1, 1997

Last updated 10 days ago

Overview

Description
ICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified
Products
mac_os_x, macos, ios, hp-ux, tru64, aix, os2, linux_kernel, windows, netware, solaris, sco_unix, irix, bsdos

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
4
Impact score
1.4
Exploitability score
2.5
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
2.1
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-200

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux is configured by default to respond to all ICMP requests. Users may configure the firewall to prevent a system from responding to certain ICMP requests.

Configurations