CVE-1999-0970 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in OmniHTTPD by sending malformed URLs that create excessive temporary files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0970?
CVE-1999-0970 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The OmniHTTPD visadmin.exe program allows a remote attacker to conduct a denial of service via a malformed URL which causes a large number of temporary files to be created.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0970?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Omnicron Omnihttpd.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0970?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0970 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-1999-0970 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0970 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2hf-w4w7-554m.