CVE-2001-0543 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Exchange Server Windows 2000 Windows Nt

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:21:38.955Z

Reserved: 2001-07-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0543

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-09-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0543

Redhat

No data.

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