CVE-2002-1182 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Microsoft IIS servers by sending malformed WebDAV requests that trigger excessive memory allocation.
- 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-2002-1182?
CVE-2002-1182 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 1 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed WebDAV requests that cause a large amount of memory to be assigned.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1182?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1182?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1182 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-2002-1182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-2xh5-hg2x-chwv.