CVE-1999-1515 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in TenFour TFS Gateway by sending messages with invalid addresses, triggering continuous retry loops.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1515?
CVE-1999-1515 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
A non-default configuration in TenFour TFS Gateway 4.0 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via messages with incorrect sender and recipient addresses, which causes the gateway to continuously try to return the message every 10 seconds.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1515?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenfour Tfs Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1515?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1515 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-1999-1515 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1515 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68q7-2qpc-87mh.