CVE-1999-1408

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 1997-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in AIX 4.1.4 and HP-UX 10.01 and 9.05 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by using a socket to connect to a port on the localhost, calling shutdown to clear the socket, then using the same socket to connect to a different port on localhost.

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) HP-UX: 9.05, 10.01, 10.20
IBM AIX: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420641&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/352
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420641&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/352

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