CVE-1999-1293 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1293?

CVE-1999-1293 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

mod_proxy in Apache 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed FTP commands, which causes Apache to dump core.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1293?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Http Server.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1293?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1293 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-1999-1293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w7cw-jr9r-vw28.