Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0377 (CCN-3379)

Assigned:1999-02-20
Published:1999-02-20
Updated:2016-12-28
Summary:Process table attack in Unix systems allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service by filling a machine's process tables through multiple connections to network services.
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: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Sat, 20 Feb 1999 13:42:53 -0800
Process table attack (from RISKS Digest)

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0377

Source: CCN
Type: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 11488
Unix Network Process Table DoS

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1033881

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
unix-process-table-dos(3379)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:unix:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:unix:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    unix unix *
    unix unix *