PT-1999-1786 · Alcatel Lucent · Xylan Omniswitch

Published 1999-03-31 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1559

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: Xylan OmniSwitch versions prior to 3.2.6

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass the login prompt by sending a CTRL-D (control d) character. This action locks other users out of the switch because it only supports one session at a time.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.2.6, update to version 3.2.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1559

Affected Products

Xylan Omniswitch

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1559 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92299263017061&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2064 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1559 · Note