CVE-1999-1423

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 1997-06-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ping in Solaris 2.3 through 2.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a ping request to a multicast address through the loopback interface, e.g. via ping -i.

Affected products

Sun Solaris: 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6
Sunos: 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.5.1

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319160&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319171&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319180&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319181&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/146
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7492.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/209
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319160&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319171&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319180&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602558319181&w=2
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/146

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