# CVE-2010-1899: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft IIS by sending crafted requests that exhaust stack resources.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-74ch-7c47-jp63

## What is CVE-2010-1899?

CVE-2010-1899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 15 Sep 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the ASP implementation in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1, 6.0, 7.0, and 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via a crafted request, related to asp.dll, aka "IIS Repeated Parameter Request Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-1899?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-1899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-1899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-1899 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1899 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Microsoft IIS 6.0 ASP Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service (metasploit)
- Microsoft IIS 6.0 - ASP Stack Overflow Stack Exhaustion (Denial of Service) (MS10-065) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server

- [CVE-2008-0075](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0075/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-1376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1376/): Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-0407](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0407/): By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-0874](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0874/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3023](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3023/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-1899 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-1899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 15 Sep 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-1899 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Information Server. 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-2010-1899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1899/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1899
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1899
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1899

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