CVE-2001-0877 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service on Windows systems via spoofed UPnP SSDP advertisements or announcements.
- 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-2001-0877?
CVE-2001-0877 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 98, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) on Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) a spoofed SSDP advertisement that causes the client to connect to a service on another machine that generates a large amount of traffic (e.g., chargen), or (2) via a spoofed SSDP announcement to broadcast or multicast addresses, which could cause all UPnP clients to send traffic to a single target system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0877?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98se, Microsoft Windows Me, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0877 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-2001-0877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wx6w-q8m9-4cv4.