CVE-1999-1421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

NBase switches NH208 and NH215 run a TFTP server which allows remote attackers to send software updates to modify the switch or cause a denial of service (crash) by guessing the target filenames, which have default names.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:h:n-base:nh208::::::::
	cpe:2.3:h:n-base:nh215::::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1402	NBase switches NH208 and NH215 run a TFTP server which allows remote attackers to send software updates to modify the switch or cause a denial of service (crash) by guessing the target filenames, which have default names.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01584.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526016&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526065&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/212

History

No history.

Subscriptions

N-base Nh208 Nh215

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.344Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1421

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-07-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:50:24.300

Link: CVE-1999-1421

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "1998-07-20T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NBase switches NH208 and NH215 run a TFTP server which allows remote attackers to send software updates to modify the switch or cause a denial of service (crash) by guessing the target filenames, which have default names."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2016-10-17T13:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "19980722 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory Followup", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526065&w=2"}, {"name": "212", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/212"}, {"name": "19980720 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526016&w=2"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-1421", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "NBase switches NH208 and NH215 run a TFTP server which allows remote attackers to send software updates to modify the switch or cause a denial of service (crash) by guessing the target filenames, which have default names."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "19980722 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory Followup", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526065&w=2"}, {"name": "212", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/212"}, {"name": "19980720 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526016&w=2"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T17:11:03.344Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "19980722 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory Followup", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526065&w=2"}, {"name": "212", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/212"}, {"name": "19980720 N-Base Vulnerability Advisory", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526016&w=2"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-1999-1421", "datePublished": "2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T17:11:03.344Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}