CVE-1999-0516 An SNMP community name is guessable.
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0516 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-0516 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0516 exists.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0516/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0516?
CVE-1999-0516 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000.
Official description
An SNMP community name is guessable.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0516?
How do I fix CVE-1999-0516?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-0516 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0516 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Metasploit modules.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p65v-7qg9-x6wf.