CVE-1999-0970

Summary

CVE-1999-0970 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the OmniHTTPD visadmin.exe program. Maliciously crafted URLs can trigger the creation of an excessive number of temporary files, leading to a resource exhaustion attack and potential service disruption. This issue could allow remote attackers to cause the server to become unresponsive or crash, impacting system availability. The vulnerability was identified in 1999 and highlights the importance of securing web applications against malformed URL input.

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