CVE-1999-1478 (GCVE-0-1999-1478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:18
VLAI
Summary
The Sun HotSpot Performance Engine VM allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on any server running HotSpot via a URL that includes the [ character.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93138827429589&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/522 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1999-07-06 00:00
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