CVE-1999-0797 — 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

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

Published Mar 22, 2000

No CVSS score

EPSS 1.16%

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.

No remediation recorded yet.

1.16% 0.01164

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01164

2022–2026

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	1.16% (0.01164)	66.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.16% (0.01164)	63.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.55% (0.00546)	65.84th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	2.71% (0.02709)	90.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	2.71% (0.02709)	90.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.45% (0.00447)	71.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-070.shtml
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http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-070.shtml		third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 22, 2000

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Nov 25, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a