CVE-1999-1519

Medium

Published: 17/11/1999(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk

7.14%

93th percentile - higher than 93% of all known CVEs

Gene6 G6 FTP Server 2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a long user name or password.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to block access to the FTP server, potentially leading to downtime for the organization.

It is recommended to limit the length of user names and passwords and to update the FTP server to the latest version to minimize risk.

Original NVD description (English source)

Gene6 G6 FTP Server 2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a long (1) user name or (2) password.