CVE-1999-1416

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-1999-1416 · Published 23/08/1998 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1416 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dwhttpd (inso).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 69.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dwhttpd inso	`= 3.1a4`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/10383 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/253

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