CVE-2001-0540 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory exhaustion in Windows Terminal Servers by sending malformed RDP requests.
- 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-2001-0540?
CVE-2001-0540 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in Terminal servers in Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests to port 3389.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0540?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Terminal Server.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0540?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0540 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-2001-0540 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0540 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-fmxc-729m-p4cj.