CVE-1999-1075

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1998-03-18 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1075, 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

inetd in AIX 4.1.5 dynamically assigns a port N when starting ttdbserver (ToolTalk server), but also inadvertently listens on port N-1 without passing control to ttdbserver, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port N-1, which are not properly closed by inetd.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1075

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