CVE-2003-0226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long WebDAV request with a (1) PROPFIND or (2) SEARCH method, which generates an error condition that is not properly handled.

Published: 2003-05-30

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 64.8% High

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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n/a

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 0.64833.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0308.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105427362724860&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105421243732552&w=2
http://www.spidynamics.com/iis_alert.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A933

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Services

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-05-30T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:36.137Z

Reserved: 2003-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0226

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-06-09T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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