CVE-1999-0107 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0107?

CVE-1999-0107 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service with a large number of GET requests containing a large number of / characters.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0107?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Http Server.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0107?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0107 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-1999-0107 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0107 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-qq9g-rvjp-rm4j.