CVE-1999-1156

CVSS 2.0 Score 5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published May 17, 1999
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-1156 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting BisonWare FTP Server version 4.1 and earlier. A remote attacker can trigger the issue by sending a malformed PORT command that contains a non-numeric character and a large number of carriage returns. This results in the FTP server becoming unresponsive, effectively causing a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability can be exploited to disrupt the availability of the affected FTP server.

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