# CVE-1999-0075: Denial of service in n/a

> An authenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in wu-ftpd by sending a specific QUOTE PASV command, crashing the daemon.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Sep 1999
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mh8f-866p-w345

## What is CVE-1999-0075?

CVE-1999-0075 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Sep 1999. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PASV core dump in wu-ftpd daemon when attacker uses a QUOTE PASV command after specifying a username and password.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0075?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Washington University Wu-Ftpd.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-0075?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0075 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-0075 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0075 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2004-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0185/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-0187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0187/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-0080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0080/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1327/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2003-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1329/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0075 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-0075 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Sep 1999. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0075 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0075/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0075/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0075
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0075
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-0075

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.