CVE-2001-0879 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0879?

CVE-2001-0879 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Format string vulnerability in the C runtime functions in SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0879?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Sql Server, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Nt, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0879?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0879 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-2001-0879 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0879 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fc3x-69ww-xrw6.