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CVE-1999-1361 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name)

Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1361
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score6.4
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1998-05-09
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionWindows NT 3.51 and 4.0 running WINS (Windows Internet Name Service) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a flood of malformed packets, which causes the server to slow down and fill the event logs with error messages.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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