CVE-1999-0880 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WU-FTPD, specifically affecting various BSD/OS and OpenLinux distributions. This flaw arises from improper memory deallocation when processing the SITE NEWER command. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.