VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-0305

CVSS score5 NONE
EPSS probability1.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-02-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The system configuration control (sysctl) facility in BSD based operating systems OpenBSD 2.2 and earlier, and FreeBSD 2.2.5 and earlier, does not properly restrict source routed packets even when the (1) dosourceroute or (2) forwarding variables are set, which allows remote attackers to spoof TCP connections.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references