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CVE-1999-1199
Apache WWW server 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of MIME headers with the same name, aka the "sioux" vulnerability.
Published: Aug 7, 1998
Modified: Apr 16, 2026
CVSS Metrics
Affected Products (1)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| apache | http_server | * |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-chf5-9cm8-37j4
Apache WWW server 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
References (18)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90252779826784&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90276683825862&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90280517007869&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90286768232093&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh51-errata-general.html#apache
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2f0f3611f937cf6cfb3b4fe4a67f69885855126110e1e3f2fb2728e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90252779826784&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90276683825862&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90280517007869&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90286768232093&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh51-errata-general.html#apache
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5419c9ba0951ef73a655362403d12bb8d10fab38274deb3f005816f5%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
10.0 / 10
EPSS Score
5.12%
Top 10% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
41.5 / 100
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