CVE-1999-0105

Low

Published: 01/03/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.37%

28th percentile — higher than 28% of all known CVEs

The finger service allows recursive searches using a long string of @ symbols.

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to system overload or disclosure of user information.

It is recommended to limit the length of @ symbol strings in queries to the finger service.

Original NVD description (English source)

finger allows recursive searches by using a long string of @ symbols.