CVE-1999-0798

Buffer overflow in bootpd on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems via a malformed header type.

CVSS v2.0 10.0 HIGH

10.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91278867118128&w=2

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.2:stable::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:2.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1998-12-04 05:00

Updated : 2026-06-16 21:49

NVD link : CVE-1999-0798

Mitre link : CVE-1999-0798

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-0798

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Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

sco

openserver
unixware
internet_faststart

redhat

linux

openbsd

openbsd

bsdi

bsd_os

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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