Overview
The NFS 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.
Description
The Network File System (NFS) 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. |
Impact
By sending repeated requests to an affected Microsoft NFS server, attackers can consume all available memory resources, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. |
Solution
Microsoft has released the following patches to address this vulnerability |
Vendor Information
Microsoft Affected
Updated: August 07, 2001
Status
Affected
Vendor Statement
Microsoft has addressed this vulnerability in the following Microsoft Security Bulletin
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-039.asp
Vendor Information
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Addendum
The CERT/CC has archived Microsoft's announcement of MS01-039 at
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CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
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.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2001-0505 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.73 |
| Date Public: | 2001-07-24 |
| Date First Published: | 2001-07-24 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2001-09-04 19:43 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |