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CVE-1999-0740

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/08/1999
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Linux in.telnetd telnet daemon through a malformed TERM environmental variable.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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