NCSA maintains a small collection of research and infrastructure software spanning web servers, authentication tools, and network services that have historically been embedded in academic and scientific computing environments. Vulnerabilities affecting the vendor recur through input-validation and OS command-injection weaknesses characteristic of command-line and network-facing tools, and public exploit code has frequently been developed for disclosed flaws. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Ncsa over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
8 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-1999-0067HIGH phf CGI program allows remote command execution through shell metacharacters. | Mar 20, 1996 | 10.0 | 77 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-0468HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain | May 2, 2005 | 7.5 | 42 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0235HIGH Buffer overflow in NCSA WebServer (1.4.1 and below) gives remote access. | Feb 17, 1995 | 10.0 | 37 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0146HIGH The campas CGI program provided with some NCSA web servers allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via encoded carriage return characters in the query string, as demonstra | Jul 15, 1997 | 7.5 | 35 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-0267HIGH Buffer overflow in NCSA HTTP daemon v1.3 allows remote command execution. | Sep 23, 1997 | 7.5 | 32 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-0469HIGH Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply | May 2, 2005 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-1999-1090HIGH The default configuration of NCSA Telnet package for Macintosh and PC enables FTP, even though it does not include an "ftp=yes" line, which allows remote attackers to read and modi | Sep 10, 1991 | 7.5 | 19 | NO | NO |
CVE-2011-0738MEDIUM MyProxy 5.0 through 5.2, as used in Globus Toolkit 5.0.0 through 5.0.2, does not properly verify the (1) hostname or (2) identity in the X.509 certificate for the myproxy-server, w | Feb 2, 2011 | 4.3 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (8 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Ncsa.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Ncsa — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.