CVE-1999-1156 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in BisonWare FTP Server versions 4.1 and earlier, where a remote attacker can crash the server by sending a malformed PORT command containing non-numeric characters and numerous carriage returns. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decades-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bisonware:bisonware_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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