CVE-2003-0824 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions and SharePoint Team Services via a specific request.
- 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-2003-0824?
CVE-2003-0824 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 18 Nov 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unknown vulnerability in the SmartHTML interpreter (shtml.dll) in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000 and 2002, and Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (response failure) via a certain request.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0824?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions, Microsoft Sharepoint Team Services, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2003-0824?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0824 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-2003-0824 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0824 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gf5-7xvc-c7p8.