{"id":"CVE-1999-0079","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-0079","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:45:31.146Z","title":"Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FTP by issuing multiple PASV commands, causing the server to run out of available ports.","description":"Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in FTP by issuing multiple PASV commands, causing the server to run out of available ports.","published":"1997-09-12T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["bisonware/bisonware ftp server"],"epss":{"score":0.02226,"percentile":0.82609,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0079","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0079","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0079","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}