Vulnerability CVE-1999-0831
Published: 1999-11-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Denial of service in Linux syslogd via a large number of connections.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
SUSE -> Suse linux 
SUN -> Cobalt raq 
SUN -> Cobalt raq 2 
SUN -> Cobalt raq 3i 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Cobalt -> QUBE 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/809
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-1999-035.0.txt
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