CVE-1999-1098

Description

Vulnerability in BSD Telnet client with encryption and Kerberos 4 authentication allows remote attackers to decrypt the session via sniffing.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.67% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory ciac.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/516.php	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/4881	vdb entry
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/f-12.shtml	third party advisory patch government resource vendor advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1995-03.html	us government resource third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1098?: CVE-1999-1098 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1098?: To fix CVE-1999-1098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-1098 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-1999-1098 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.