CVE-1999-1408

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1997-03-05 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1408, 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

Vulnerability in AIX 4.1.4 and HP-UX 10.01 and 9.05 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using a socket to connect to a port on the localhost, calling shutdown to clear the socket, then using the same socket to connect to a different port on localhost.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1408

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