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CVE-1999-0740

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service on Linux in.telnetd telnet daemon through a malformed TERM environmental variable.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 4.2, 5.2, 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/594
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/594

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