CVE-1999-1199 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Apache WWW server 1.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1199 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 10.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-08-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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