CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1568

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.34%

81th percentile - higher than 81% of all known CVEs

Summary

Off-by-one error in NcFTPd FTP server before version 2.4.1 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PORT command.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to crash the FTP server, leading to service unavailability for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the NcFTPd FTP server to version 2.4.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Off-by-one error in NcFTPd FTP server before 2.4.1 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long PORT command.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS