HP HP-UX Sendmail denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in HP HP-UX. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Sendmail. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0684. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in HP HP-UX (Operating System) (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Sendmail. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Denial of service in Sendmail 8.8.6 in HPUX.

The weakness was disclosed 04/19/1999. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0684. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16933 (HP-UX PHNE_17190 : s700_800 11.00 sendmail(1m) 8.8.6 patch), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family HP-UX Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3826), Tenable (16933) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-618†). The entry VDB-14273 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB 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: 16933
Nessus Name: HP-UX PHNE_17190 : s700_800 11.00 sendmail(1m) 8.8.6 patch
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

12/01/1998 🔍
03/02/1999 +91 days 🔍
04/19/1999 +48 days 🔍
04/19/1999 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +1352 days 🔍
02/16/2005 +778 days 🔍
06/20/2014 +3411 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0684 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0684
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14612
X-Force: 3826
Vulnerability Center: 618 - DoS in HP-UX Sendmail 8.8.6 Related to Accepting Connections, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 23:38
Updated: 04/19/2026 02:04
Changes: 06/20/2014 23:38 (59), 05/07/2019 22:18 (1), 04/19/2026 02:04 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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