CVE-1999-1411 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1392	The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.

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 0.00749.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316

History

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Debian Debian Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.283Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1411

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-11-26T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1411

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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