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Unscored Public exploit CVE-1999-0116 EUVD-1999-0116GHSA-j56q-jrrm-mwmf

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connec…

Published Sep 29, 1999 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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