CVE-1999-0980 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows NT by sending a malformed argument to the Service Control Manager.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-1999-0980?

CVE-1999-0980 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 4 Jan 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows NT Service Control Manager (SCM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed argument in a resource enumeration request.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0980?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0980?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0980 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-1999-0980 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0980 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jrv7-vhq3-2vfm.

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