CVE-2002-1876 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can cause denial of service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 by exhausting IIS licenses through rapid requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-1876?
CVE-2002-1876 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 28 Jun 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Exchange 2000 allows remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of rapid requests, which consumes all of the licenses that are granted to Exchange by IIS.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-1876?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2002-1876?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-1876 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-2002-1876 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-1876 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server
- CVE-2024-21410 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2021-34473 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q23h-jgcr-4f93.