First published: Thu May 24 2001(Updated: )
The Microsoft MS01-014 and MS01-016 patches for IIS 5.0 and earlier introduce a memory leak which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of requests.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Internet Information Services | <=5.0 |
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CVE-2001-0337 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability.
CVE-2001-0337 allows attackers to exploit a memory leak introduced by certain patches, resulting in service disruption.
CVE-2001-0337 affects Microsoft Internet Information Server versions up to and including 5.0.
To mitigate CVE-2001-0337, consider upgrading to a version of IIS that is not affected by the vulnerability.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2001-0337 through a series of crafted requests targeting the affected IIS server.