CVE-1999-0797

Low CVSS 2.6

Published 1998-06-29 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0797, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0797

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P