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CVE-1999-0837

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0870%

EPSS Percentile4.17th

PublishedNov 10, 1999

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Denial of service in BIND by improperly closing TCP sessions via so_linger.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Isc

Bind

= 8.2

📦

Isc

Bind

= 8.2.1

💻

Sun

Solaris

= 7.0

💻

Sun

Sunos

= 5.7

References & Advisories

🔗 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt

🔗 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788

🔗 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-034.1.txt

🔗 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/194

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/788

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