CVE-1999-1537

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

IIS 3.x and 4.x does not distinguish between pages requiring encryption and those that do not, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via SSL requests to the HTTPS port for normally unencrypted files, which will cause IIS to perform extra work to send the files over SSL.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 7, 1999
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-1999-1537: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix