PT-1999-1705 · Apple+1 · Macos X+1

Published 1999-06-03 · Updated 2021-09-22 · CVE-1999-1412

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: Apple MacOS X version 1.0 Apache HTTP server (affected versions not specified)

Description: A possible interaction between Apple MacOS X 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.

Recommendations: For Apple MacOS X version 1.0, consider restricting access to CGI programs to minimize the risk of exploitation. For Apache HTTP server, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the handling of HTTP GET requests to CGI programs until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1412

Affected Products

Apache Http Server

Macos X

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19244 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1412 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/14215 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/306 · Note