CVE-1999-1522 Other in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1522 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-1522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can be exploited over the network.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-1999-1522/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1522/index.md)
A vulnerability in Roxen Web Server's HTML parser may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via recursive parsing or referer tags.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1522?
CVE-1999-1522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can be exploited over the network.
Official description
Vulnerability in htmlparse.pike in Roxen Web Server 1.3.11 and earlier, possibly related to recursive parsing and referer tags in RXML.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1522?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Roxen Roxen Web Server.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1522?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1522 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1522 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1522 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3vpv-5wr7-2hx5.