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CVE-1999-1408

Vulnerability in AIX 4.1.4 and HP-UX 10.01 and 9.05 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using a socket to connect to a port on the localhost, calling shutdown to clear the socket, then using the same socket to connect to a different port on localhost.

Published

1997-03-05T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System hp hp-ux 9.05 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.01 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.20 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1.1 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1.2 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1.3 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1.4 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.1.5 Yes
References