# CVE-1999-1412: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the system by flooding CGI programs with HTTP GET requests, causing excessive process generation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2001
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f45g-hj72-h8m6, MINI-cgxv-pf4v-3gh8

## What is CVE-1999-1412?

CVE-1999-1412 is a medium-severity 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

A possible interaction between Apple MacOS X release 1.0 and Apache HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a flood of HTTP GET requests to CGI programs, which generates a large number of processes.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1412?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Apache Http Server, Apple Macos.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1412?

No fix published yet.

## Is CVE-1999-1412 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1412 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Apple Mac OSX Server 10.0 - Overload (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Http Server

- [CVE-2021-42013](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42013/): Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-38475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38475/): Apache HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output (critical 9.1, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-40438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40438/): Apache HTTP Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (critical 9.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-0211](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0211/): Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-41773](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41773/): Apache HTTP Server Path Traversal (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1412 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1412 is a medium-severity 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1412 exists.

Affected product: Apache Http Server. 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-1999-1412/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1412/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1412
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1412
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1412

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