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CVE-1999-0635 Detail

Description

The echo service is running.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Evaluator Impact

This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn’t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.

Evaluator Solution

The Echo Service is an unsecured and obsolete protocol and it should be disabled. Historically it has been used to perform denial of service attacks.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041434.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-1999-0635
NVD Published Date:
01/01/1999
NVD Last Modified:
07/13/2007
Source:
MITRE