CVE-2001-0508 Vulnerability in IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (restart) via a long, invalid WebDAV request.
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0508 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2001-0508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 25 Jun 2002.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0508 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Internet Information Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0508/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0508/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0508?
CVE-2001-0508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 25 Jun 2002.
Official description
Vulnerability in IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (restart) via a long, invalid WebDAV request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0508?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0508?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0508 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-0508 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0508 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-94cx-m6gv-p8qw.