CVE-1999-0880 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in WU-FTPD by exploiting a memory leak in the SITE NEWER command.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0880?
CVE-1999-0880 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2000. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Denial of service in WU-FTPD via the SITE NEWER command, which does not free memory properly.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0880?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Bsdi Bsd Os, Caldera Openlinux.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0880?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0880 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-1999-0880 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0880 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w8jv-rph5-qf7m.