CVE-1999-0797: Sun Sunos

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NIS finger allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service via a large number of finger requests, resulting in a large number of NIS queries.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: any version

Published 1998-06-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.