CVE-1999-1196 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1196?

CVE-1999-1196 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Hummingbird Exceed X version 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed data to port 6000.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1196?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hummingbird Exceed.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1196?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-1999-1196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-1999-1280 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2008-4729 Memory corruption in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2004-2258 Xconfig in Hummingbird Exceed before 9.0.0.1, when the Screen Definition is password-protected, allows local users to access certain options Low 2.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g5v2-hv74-hhp6.