CVE-1999-1205

Summary

CVE-1999-1205 is a vulnerability affecting the nettune utility in HP-UX 10.01 and 10.00. This utility is installed with setuid root permissions, allowing local users to manipulate critical networking configuration data. By doing so, they can cause a denial of service condition, disrupting network services. This issue poses a significant risk, particularly in environments where local access is not adequately secured. To mitigate this vulnerability, it's essential to update the nettune utility to a non-setuid version or apply the vendor-recommended patch.

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