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 ID | CVE-1999-1361 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 6.4 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-05-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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