CVE-1999-1131

Medium

Published: 24/10/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

2.08%

79th percentile - higher than 79% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) security daemon (secd) in IRIX 6.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long principal, group, or organization.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt system operations, leading to service availability loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version that is not vulnerable to this flaw and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in OSF Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) security demon (secd) in IRIX 6.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long principal, group, or organization.