CVE-1999-0273

Summary

CVE-1999-0273 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Solaris 2.5.1 systems. An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specific sequence of characters, represented by the caret (^) and the letter D (D), to the telnet service. Upon receiving these characters, the telnet daemon crashes, resulting in a denial-of-service condition and rendering the targeted system unavailable to legitimate users. This vulnerability can be mitigated by upgrading to a more recent Solaris version or applying relevant security patches.

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