First published: Mon Mar 20 2000(Updated: )
IIS 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a large buffer in a POST or PUT command which consumes memory, aka the "Chunked Transfer Encoding Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Internet Information Services | =4.0 |
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CVE-2000-0226 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its ability to cause denial of service.
To fix CVE-2000-0226, apply the latest security patches provided by Microsoft for IIS 4.0.
CVE-2000-0226 represents a denial of service attack that exploits a buffer overflow in chunked transfer encoding.
CVE-2000-0226 specifically affects Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0.
Yes, CVE-2000-0226 can be exploited remotely by sending specially crafted POST or PUT requests.