CVE-1999-0970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2000-02-04

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 6.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:omnicron:omnihttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0951	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06281.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14311
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1808
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2271

History

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Subscriptions

Omnicron Omnihttpd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-02-04T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.279Z

Reserved: 1999-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0970

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-06-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-0970

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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