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CVE-1999-1339
Vulnerability when Network Address Translation (NAT) is enabled in Linux 2.2.10 and earlier with ipchains, or FreeBSD 3.2 with ipfw,…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Vulnerability when Network Address Translation (NAT) is enabled in Linux 2.2.10 and earlier with ipchains, or FreeBSD 3.2 with ipfw, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a ping -R (record route) command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/patch-2.2.11.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19990722 Linux +ipchains+ ping -R (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 19990722 Re: ping -R causes kernel panic on a forwarding machine ( 2.2.5 a nd 2 .2.10) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ipchains-ping-route-dos(7257) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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