CVE-1999-1284

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1998-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NukeNabber allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by connecting to the NukeNabber port (1080) without sending any data, which causes the CPU usage to rise to 100% from the report.exe program that is executed upon the connection.

Affected products

Puppets Place Nukenabber: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91063407332594&w=2
http://www.dynamsol.com/puppet/text/new.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/11131
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1540
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91063407332594&w=2
http://www.dynamsol.com/puppet/text/new.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/11131
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1540

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