Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0543 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
microsoft
CWE-401
NVD
Published: 2001-09-20
Updated: 2020-04-02

Summary

Memory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed posts.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
1
OS
Microsoft
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Oval

accepted2011-05-16T04:02:45.224-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameChristine Walzer
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
  • nameSudhir Gandhe
    organizationTelos
  • nameShane Shaffer
    organizationG2, Inc.
descriptionMemory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed posts.
familywindows
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:334
statusaccepted
submitted2003-09-16T12:00:00.000-04:00
titleWindows NNTP Memory Leak
version32

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