National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-1999-1199
Original release date:08/07/1998
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Apache WWW server 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of MIME headers with the same name, aka the "sioux" vulnerability.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Apache (07/02/2008)
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Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 1.3.2:
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_13.html
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 19980807 YA Apache DoS attack
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh51-errata-general.html#apache
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 19980810 Apache DoS Attack
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 19980811 Apache 'sioux' DOS fix for TurboLinux
Type: Advisory
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 19980808 Debian Apache Security Update
Type: Advisory