CVE-1999-0516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An SNMP community name is guessable.

Published: 2000-02-04

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 10.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10463.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0516
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-243
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-243/

History

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-243 https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-243/

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-02-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-09T18:58:08.769Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-03-17T15:03:20.678Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-08-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-10-09T19:16:39.400

Link: CVE-1999-0516

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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