CVE-1999-0116 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.62% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 1996-09-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | aix |
| ibm | sng |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | TCP SYN - 'bang.c' Denial of Service | 2002-09-17 |
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961202-01-PX
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/136
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961202-01-PX
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/136
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