CVE-1999-1202

CVSS 2.0 Score 5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jul 3, 1998
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-1202 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting StarTech's POP3 proxy server and telnet server. An attacker can cause a service disruption by sending an excessively long USER command to these servers, thereby exhausting their resources. This issue poses a risk to network availability and may impact the ability of users to access email or remote connectivity services. It is recommended that affected organizations apply the necessary patches or configurations to mitigate this vulnerability.

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