CVE-1999-0772 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this by sending a long string to port 2301, leading to a system crash or unresponsiveness. Rated with a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:compaq:insight_management_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:compaq:power_management:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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