CVE-1999-1423

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1997-06-26 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1423, 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

ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface, e.g. via ping -i.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1423

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