CVE-1999-1416

Medium

Published: 23/08/1998(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

1.27%

66th percentile - higher than 66% of all known CVEs

Summary

The AnswerBook2 (AB2) web server dwhttpd 3.1a4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large content-length.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can cause server unavailability, potentially leading to service interruptions for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit the maximum content-length in HTTP POST requests and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

Original NVD description (English source)

AnswerBook2 (AB2) web server dwhttpd 3.1a4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via an HTTP POST request with a large content-length.