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CVE-1999-0128
published 1996-12-18

CVE-1999-0128: Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

PriorityP431medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
74.68%
99.4th percentile
Oversized ICMP ping packets can result in a denial of service, aka Ping o' Death.

Affected

17 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
digitalosf_1
ibmaix
ibmaix
ibmaix
ibmsng
ibmsng
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
scointernet_faststart
scointernet_faststart
scoopen_desktop
scoopenserver
scoopenserver
scotcp_ip
sunsunos
sunsunos
sunsunos

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

commandping -l 65510 your.host.ip.address
  • Detect oversized ICMP echo request packets exceeding the maximum legal IP packet size (65535 bytes), characteristic of the 'Ping o' Death' attack.
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