CVE-1999-1411 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00749.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1392	The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316

History

No history.

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.283Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1411

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-11-26T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1411

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "1998-11-26T00:00:00", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2002-02-18T00:00:00", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "fsp-anon-ftp-access(7574)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php"}, {"name": "19981128 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2"}, {"name": "19981130 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2"}, {"name": "316", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316"}, {"name": "19990217 Debian GNU/Linux 2.0r5 released (fwd)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2"}, {"name": "19981126 new version of fsp fixes security flaw", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN"], "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-1411", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "fsp-anon-ftp-access(7574)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php"}, {"name": "19981128 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2"}, {"name": "19981130 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2"}, {"name": "316", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316"}, {"name": "19990217 Debian GNU/Linux 2.0r5 released (fwd)", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2"}, {"name": "19981126 new version of fsp fixes security flaw", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T17:11:03.283Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "fsp-anon-ftp-access(7574)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php"}, {"name": "19981128 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2"}, {"name": "19981130 Debian: Security flaw in FSP", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2"}, {"name": "316", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316"}, {"name": "19990217 Debian GNU/Linux 2.0r5 released (fwd)", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2"}, {"name": "19981126 new version of fsp fixes security flaw", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-1999-1411", "datePublished": "2002-03-09T05:00:00", "dateReserved": "2001-08-31T00:00:00", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-01T17:11:03.283Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "203BDD63-2FA5-42FD-A9CD-6BDBB41A63C4", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The installation of the fsp package 2.71-10 in Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 adds the anonymous FTP user without notifying the administrator, which could automatically enable anonymous FTP on some servers such as wu-ftp."}], "id": "CVE-1999-1411", "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": true, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "1998-11-26T05:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-1998/msg00033.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91228908407679&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91244712808780&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91936850009861&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7574.php"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit", "Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/316"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}