CVE-1999-1417

Summary

CVE-1999-0779 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the HP-UX SharedX recserv program. An attacker can exploit this weakness by sending specially crafted packets to the targeted system, leading to the program crashing and causing a denial-of-service condition. This issue may result in network congestion and unavailability of affected services, potentially impacting the overall system performance and availability. HP-UX users are advised to apply the available patch to mitigate this risk.

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