CVE-1999-1412 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 29.5% Moderate

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.29514.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/14215
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/306

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Http Server

Apple Macos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.194Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1412

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-06-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1412

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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