PT-1998-1209 · Sun Microsystems · Answerbook2+1

Published 1998-08-23 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-1999-1416

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AnswerBook2 (AB2) web server dwhttpd version 3.1a4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically resource exhaustion, by sending an HTTP POST request with a large content-length.

Recommendations For AnswerBook2 (AB2) web server dwhttpd version 3.1a4, consider restricting the size of HTTP POST requests to prevent resource exhaustion until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1416

Affected Products

Answerbook2

Dwhttpd

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1416 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/10383 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/253 · Note