Overview
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.
Description
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. |
Impact
By sending repeated requests to an affected Microsoft telnet 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: | 4.25 |
| Date Public: | 2001-07-24 |
| Date First Published: | 2001-07-24 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2001-08-07 19:44 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 11 |