Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0257 (CCN-897)

Assigned:1998-04-01
Published:1998-04-01
Updated:2022-08-17
Summary:Nestea variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0257

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 5729
Multiple Vendor TCP/IP Fragmentation DoS (nestea)

Source: CCN
Type: Rhino9 Security Advisory
Nestea Vulnerability (Linux Oversized Fragment Vulnerability)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nestea-linux-dos(897)

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0257

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    linux linux kernel 2.6.20.1
    linux linux kernel *