CVE-1999-0772

Summary

CVE-1999-0772 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility. An attacker can exploit this weakness by sending an excessively long string to port 2301, causing the targeted system to become unresponsive and effectively denying access to legitimate users. This vulnerability could potentially disrupt network services and impact system availability. Compaq strongly advised users to apply the available patches to mitigate this risk.

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