CVE-1999-1301

N/A Unknown
Published: July 16, 1996 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly other programs.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:17.rzsz.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-31.shtml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7540.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:17.rzsz.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/g-31.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7540.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
67th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

freebsd