CVE-1999-1301 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly other programs.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1282	A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly other programs.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00989.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:17.rzsz.asc
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-31.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7540.php

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.754Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1301

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1996-07-16T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1301

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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