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CVE-1999-0171

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-01-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Denial of service in syslog by sending it a large number of superfluous messages.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0171
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0171

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