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CVE-1999-1043

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

3 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 and 5.0 does not properly handle (1) malformed NNTP data, or (2) malformed SMTP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application error)..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -