CVE-1999-0024

DNS cache poisoning via BIND, by predictable query IDs.

Published: 1997-08-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-1999-0024 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0024

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-07 1.89% 2.83% +0.95%
2 2025-11-05 2.83% 1.89% -0.95%
3 2025-10-21 2.83%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0024

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0024

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0024

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-1999-0024: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0024

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0024

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
isc bind 4.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
isc bind 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec asl_ux_4800 64 cpe:2.3:o:nec:asl_ux_4800:64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec ews-ux_v 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec ews-ux_v 4.2mp cpe:2.3:o:nec:ews-ux_v:4.2mp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nec up-ux_v 4.2mp cpe:2.3:o:nec:up-ux_v:4.2mp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco open_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unix 3.2v4 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unix:3.2v4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0024

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