CVE-1999-0216

Denial of service of inetd on Linux through SYN and RST packets.

Published: 1997-11-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0216 is rated Moderate Risk (51.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.64%). EPSS rose +2.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0216

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 2026-06-15 0.59% 2.64% +2.06%
2 2026-06-11 0.52% 0.59% +0.06%
3 2025-10-17 — 0.52% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0216

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:N/A:P 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0216

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0216

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0216: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu inet 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inet:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 2.6.20.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0216

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