CVE-1999-0107

Summary

CVE-1999-0107 is a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Apache 1.2.5 and earlier versions. This issue allows a remote attacker to send a large number of GET requests containing an excessive number of / characters, resulting in a denial of service. The excessive data overflows a buffer in the Apache server, causing it to crash and become unresponsive. The attack doesn't provide any direct exploitation possibilities, but it can be used to create a denial of service scenario. It is highly recommended that affected systems be updated to a newer version of Apache to mitigate this vulnerability.

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