Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1408 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Multiple Vendor connect()
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 3 | |
| OS | 6 |
Exploit-Db
| description | HP HP-UX 10.20,IBM AIX 4.1.5 connect() Denial of Service Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1408. Dos exploit for hp-ux platform |
| id | EDB-ID:19278 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 1997-03-05 |
| published | 1997-03-05 |
| reporter | Cahya Wirawan |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/19278/ |
| title | HP HP-UX <= 10.20,IBM AIX <= 4.1.5 connect Denial of Service Vulnerability |