CVE-1999-0524

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0524
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1997-08-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-28 18:16:21 UTC
DescriptionICMP information such as (1) netmask and (2) timestamp is allowed from arbitrary hosts.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4 MEDIUM from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.002990000 probability, percentile 0.535010000 (date 2026-06-01)

Problem Types: CWE-200 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a | CWE-200 CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X - All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios - All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux - All All All
Operating System Hp Tru64 - All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix - All All All
Operating System Ibm Os2 - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Novell Netware - All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris - All All All
Operating System Sco Sco Unix - All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix - All All All
Operating System Windriver Bsdos - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/95 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
descriptions.securescout.com/tc/11010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 descriptions.securescout.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
McAfee KnowledgeBase - McAfee Security Bulletin – Network Data Loss Prevention addresses 17 security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
descriptions.securescout.com/tc/11011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 descriptions.securescout.com Broken Link
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K15277 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.f5.com
VMware Knowledge Base - View Document af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-01-05Joshua BressersRed Hat Enterprise Linux is configured by default to respond to all ICMP requests. Users may configure the firewall to prevent a system from responding to certain ICMP requests.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900101 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900303 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900321 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901541 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6510-1)
  • 902874 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3468)
  • 906150 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3468-1)
  • 906443 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6510-2)
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