CVE-1999-0171

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

Denial of service in syslog by sending it a large number of superfluous messages.

Denial of service in syslog by sending it a large number of superfluous messages.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 28 years ago

1997-01-01 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:33:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1

2.6.20.1

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