Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-1999-0849 describes a denial-of-service issue in BIND named related to “maxdname.” Public data in the provided sources is very sparse: no affected versions, CVSS score, vendor advisory, or fix details are listed. Organizations running legacy BIND should treat this as a historical DNS availability risk requiring inventory validation.
Executive priority
Prioritize as an inventory and legacy-risk check, not an emergency, unless business-critical DNS servers run old BIND versions. The lack of version and fix data means teams should verify exposure through vendor guidance.
Technical view
The CVE record states that BIND named can be affected by a denial of service via maxdname. The available public record does not identify vulnerable BIND versions, attack prerequisites, patch levels, or specific failure behavior. No CWE or CVSS data is provided in the source bundle.
Likely exposure
Potentially relevant only to environments running BIND named, especially legacy or unverified installations. Exposure cannot be confirmed from the provided sources because affected versions and configurations are not listed.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, public exploit status, or inclusion in CISA KEV. The impact described is denial of service, meaning DNS availability could be affected if a vulnerable named service is exposed.
Researcher notes
The CVE entry is minimal and does not provide enough technical detail to determine affected versions or reproduce conditions. Avoid assuming applicability beyond BIND named. Further analysis requires external vendor advisories or historical BIND release notes not present in the source bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory all BIND named deployments and identify versions in use.
- Check current ISC or vendor guidance for applicability and supported versions.
- Upgrade unsupported or legacy BIND installations per vendor recommendations.
- Limit DNS service exposure to required networks where operationally feasible.
- Ensure DNS redundancy to reduce business impact from service disruption.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any systems run BIND named.
- Map BIND versions against vendor advisories or support documentation.
- Review DNS architecture for external exposure and redundancy.
- Check monitoring for unexplained named crashes or DNS availability incidents.
- Document whether this CVE is applicable, not applicable, or unresolved.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
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