CVE-1999-1202

Medium

Published: 03/07/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.27%

66th percentile - higher than 66% of all known CVEs

StarTech's POP3 proxy server and telnet server allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long USER command.

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt service access, potentially leading to system downtime.

It is recommended to limit the length of the USER command and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Original NVD description (English source)

StarTech (1) POP3 proxy server and (2) telnet server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long USER command.