CVE-2001-1186 Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a content-length value that is larger than t
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-1186 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2001-1186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 1 Sep 2004.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1186 exists.
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-2001-1186/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1186/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-1186?
CVE-2001-1186 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 1 Sep 2004.
Official description
Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a content-length value that is larger than the size of the request, which prevents IIS from timing out the connection.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1186?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2001-1186?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-1186 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2001-1186 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1186 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9wgj-g8wc-6p76.