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CVE-1999-1423

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.

  • Published: Jun 26, 1997
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-1999-1423
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
sun / sunos 5.3 5.3.x
sun / solaris 2.4 2.4.x
sun / solaris 2.5.1 2.5.1.x
sun / solaris 2.5 2.5.x
sun / sunos 5.5 5.5.x
sun / sunos 5.4 5.4.x
sun / sunos 5.5.1 5.5.1.x
sun / solaris 2.6 2.6.x