Summary
It was possible to crash the remote service by sending it a few kilobytes of random data.
An attacker may use this flaw to make this service crash continuously, preventing this service from working properly. It may also be possible to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on this host.
Solution
upgrade your software or contact your vendor and inform it of this vulnerability
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-1999-1196 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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