{
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.  ConsultIDs: None.  Reason: this candidate is solely about a configuration that does not directly introduce security vulnerabilities, so it is more appropriate to cover under the Common Configuration Enumeration (CCE).  Notes: the former description is: \"The NNTP news service is running."
    }
  ],
  "evaluatorImpact": "This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn\u2019t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.",
  "evaluatorSolution": "NNTP news service is an unsecured protocol for Internet facing systems (e.g., user authentication not required, communications not encrypted).  It could be tunneled over SSL/TLS.  The software should be patched and configured properly.",
  "id": "CVE-1999-0644",
  "lastModified": "2023-11-07T01:55:00.043",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "1999-01-01T05:00:00.000",
  "references": [],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Rejected"
}