CVE-1999-1199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03629.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apache Subscribe	Http Server Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1180	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90252779826784&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90276683825862&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90280517007869&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90286768232093&w=2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh51-errata-general.html#apache
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.770Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1199

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-08-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1199

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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