CVE-1999-0705 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the INN inews program, affecting various versions of ISC INN and Red Hat Linux. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with privileges, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on CISA's KEV catalog or actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating a known attack vector. Community discussion and media coverage for this older vulnerability are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.