Livingston Postmaster denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Livingston Postmaster. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0218. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Livingston Postmaster (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

livingston portmaster machines could be rebooted via a series of commands.

The weakness was released 10/01/1995. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0218. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10182 (Livingston PortMaster ComOS Malformed Packet Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Denial of Service and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 713.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1885), Tenable (10182), SecurityFocus (BID 2225†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-233†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10182
Nessus Name: Livingston PortMaster ComOS Malformed Packet Remote DoS
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Snort ID: 713
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-TELNET livingston DOS
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Timelineinfo

10/01/1995 🔍
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10/01/1995 +0 days 🔍
09/07/1997 +707 days 🔍
08/22/1999 +714 days 🔍
11/25/2002 +1191 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4222 days 🔍
04/03/2025 +3943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13711
X-Force: 1885
SecurityFocus: 2225 - Lucent Portmaster Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 233 - Livingston PortMaster DOS, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 16:38
Updated: 04/03/2025 11:22
Changes: 06/17/2014 16:38 (62), 05/05/2019 16:51 (3), 04/03/2025 11:22 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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