Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0494 - Unspecified vulnerability in Wingate
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Denial of service in WinGate proxy through a buffer overflow in POP3.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows |
| NASL id | WINGATE_USER.NASL |
| description | The remote POP3 server, which is probably part of WinGate, could be crashed with the following command : USER x#999(...)999 This problem may prevent users on your network from retrieving their emails. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 10311 |
| published | 1999-06-22 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10311 |
| title | WinGate Proxy POP3 USER Overflow |