CVE-2001-0505 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in Telnet or NFS services of Microsoft Services for Unix.
- 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-2001-0505?
CVE-2001-0505 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple memory leaks in Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed requests to (1) the Telnet service, or (2) the NFS service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0505?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Services.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0505 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-2001-0505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrv8-9998-54j9.