CVE-2001-0337 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service against Microsoft IIS servers by exploiting a memory leak introduced in specific security patches.
- 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-2001-0337?
CVE-2001-0337 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 24 May 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Microsoft MS01-014 and MS01-016 patches for IIS 5.0 and earlier introduce a memory leak which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0337?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0337?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0337 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-2001-0337 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0337 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-whq7-f2w6-983g.