Compaq Insight Management Agent Service Long String denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Compaq Insight Management Agent and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Service Handler. The manipulation as part of Long String leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-0772. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Compaq Insight Management Agent (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Service Handler. The manipulation as part of a Long String 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 confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Denial of service in Compaq Management Agents and the Compaq Survey Utility via a long string sent to port 2301.

The weakness was published 06/01/1999. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0772. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling 2301.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (2259) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-725†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

06/01/1999 🔍
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01/26/2003 +1335 days 🔍
06/20/2014 +4163 days 🔍
04/19/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0772 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0772
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14675
X-Force: 2259
Vulnerability Center: 725 - Compaq Management Agents DOS, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 06/21/2014 00:41
Updated: 04/19/2026 04:34
Changes: 06/21/2014 00:41 (37), 05/08/2019 11:55 (16), 04/19/2026 04:34 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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