CVE-1999-0808

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Affected products

ISC Dhcp Client: 1.0, 2.0

References

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-053.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925960&w=2
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-053.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925960&w=2

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