CVE-1999-0478

Medium

Published: 01/12/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.40%

69th percentile - higher than 69% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0478 vulnerability affects the sendmail service in HP-UX version 8.8.6, which is susceptible to a denial of service attack related to accepting connections.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the sendmail service, leading to a communication outage in the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of sendmail that is not vulnerable to this flaw to minimize the risk of attack.

Original NVD description (English source)

Denial of service in HP-UX sendmail 8.8.6 related to accepting connections.