CVE-1999-1028

Summary

CVE-1999-1028 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Symantec pcAnywhere 8.0. An attacker can cause excessive CPU utilization by sending large amounts of data to port 5631, leading to a service outage. This issue may result in unavailability of the pcAnywhere service and impact the productivity of organizations relying on it. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely without requiring any authentication or prior access to the affected system. It is recommended that users update to a patched version of pcAnywhere to mitigate this risk.

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