CVE-1999-0054

Summary

CVE-1999-0054 is a vulnerability affecting Sun's ftpd daemon. It allows an attacker to initiate a denial of service (DoS) attack by sending malformed FTP requests. This can result in the ftpd daemon consuming excessive system resources, causing the service to become unresponsive or crash, rendering the system unavailable to legitimate users. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely, making it a significant threat to systems running the affected version of the ftpd daemon. It is recommended that affected systems be updated to a patched version as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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