PT-1997-1251 · Microsoft · Windows Nt 4.0

Published 1997-12-23 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-1999-1581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows NT 4.0 versions prior to Service Pack 4

Description A memory leak issue exists in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory via a large number of SNMP packets with Object Identifiers (OIDs) that cannot be decoded.

Recommendations For Windows NT 4.0 versions prior to Service Pack 4, apply Service Pack 4 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1581

Affected Products

Windows Nt 4.0

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1581 · Security Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q178381 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8231 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/4923 · Note