CVE-1999-0849

Medium

Published: 10/11/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.60%

83th percentile - higher than 83% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0849 affects the BIND service, which can be vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack via the maxdname parameter. An attacker can cause the DNS server to stop responding to queries.

Risk Assessment

Organizations using BIND may experience service interruptions in DNS, leading to disruptions in the operation of applications and systems dependent on DNS.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the BIND software to the latest version to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in BIND named via maxdname.