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CVE-1999-0986

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ping command in Linux 2.0.3x allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending large packets with the -R (record route) option.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.1
• Linux kernel: 2.0, 2.0.34, 2.0.35, 2.0.36, 2.0.37, 2.0.38
• RedHat Linux: 5.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/870
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/870

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