CVE-2001-1186 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 25.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.25176.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244892
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3667

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Services

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:44:08.355Z

Reserved: 2002-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1186

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-11T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1186

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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