5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.271 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.8%
The telnet server included in the Microsoft Services for Unix package contains a denial-of-service vulnerability that may cause the system to become unstable or crash.
The telnet server included in the Microsoft Services for Unix (SFU) package contains a memory leak that can lead to excessive resource consumption on affected systems.
This vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems that have the SFU package installed. It does not affect the telnet server that ships with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.
By sending repeated requests to an affected Microsoft telnet server, attackers can consume all available memory resources, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Microsoft has released the following patches to address this vulnerability
Windows NT 4.0: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=31601
Windows 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=31595
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Updated: August 07, 2001
Affected
Microsoft has addressed this vulnerability in the following Microsoft Security Bulletin
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-039.asp
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
The CERT/CC has archived Microsoft’s announcement of MS01-039 at
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23994851 Feedback>).
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This vulnerability was reported to Microsoft by Peter Grundl.
This document was written by Jeffrey P. Lanza and is based on information provided by Microsoft.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2001-0505 |
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Severity Metric: | 4.25 Date Public: |