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CVE-1999-1416

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Inso Dwhttpd: 3.1a4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10383
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/253
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10383
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/253

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