CVE-1999-1537

Published: Jul 7, 1999Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

IIS 3.x and 4.x does not distinguish between pages requiring encryption and those that do not, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via SSL requests to the HTTPS port for normally unencrypted files, which will cause IIS to perform extra work to send the files over SSL.

Affected (2)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Information Server

1 product

Internet Information Server

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Information Server	Version 3.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server	Version 4.0

References (6)

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93138827329577&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/521

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2352

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=93138827329577&w=2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/521

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2352

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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