CVE-1999-0770

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin with ACK or other packets except SYN, allowing an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of connection attempts to unresponsive systems.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 29, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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