CVE-1999-0770 — LOW severity vulnerability (Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin wi)
Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin with ACK or other packets except SYN, allowing an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of connection attempts to unresponsive systems.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-0770 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1999-07-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Firewall-1 sets a long timeout for connections that begin with ACK or other packets except SYN, allowing an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of connection attempts to unresponsive systems. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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