Lucent Ascend Router Administration denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Lucent Ascend Router. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-0221. No exploit exists. Applying restrictive firewalling is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lucent Ascend Router (Router Operating System) (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Denial of service of Ascend routers through port 150 (remote administration).

The weakness was disclosed 03/01/1999. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0221. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling 150.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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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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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

03/01/1999 🔍
03/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2014 +5590 days 🔍
04/18/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14532

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 17:17
Updated: 04/18/2026 17:39
Changes: 06/20/2014 17:17 (35), 04/04/2019 11:13 (10), 04/18/2026 17:39 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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