CVE-1999-1205

Summary

CVE-1999-1205 is a vulnerability affecting the nettune utility in HP-UX 10.01 and 10.00. This utility is installed with setuid root privileges, allowing local users to manipulate critical networking configuration information, resulting in a denial of service condition. The vulnerability can be exploited by users with local access, potentially disrupting network services. Since the utility runs with elevated privileges, successful exploitation can lead to more serious consequences if not addressed promptly. It is recommended that affected systems be updated with the appropriate patch to mitigate this risk.

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