CVE-1999-0831 (GCVE-0-1999-0831)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-01-18 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:48
VLAI
Summary
Denial of service in Linux syslogd via a large number of connections.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 27/100 over 2307 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/809 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-11-18 00:00
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