CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0986

5.0 MEDIUM Published 1999-12-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-08
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 2.1 • linux linux kernel 2.0 • linux linux kernel 2.0.34 • linux linux kernel 2.0.35 • linux linux kernel 2.0.36 • linux linux kernel 2.0.37 • linux linux kernel 2.0.38 • redhat linux 5.2

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