CVE-1999-0639 (GCVE-0-1999-0639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-02-04 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:48
VLAI?
Summary
The chargen service is running.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Show details on NVD website

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