CVE-2001-1186

Published: Dec 11, 2001Modified: 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

Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a content-length value that is larger than the size of the request, which prevents IIS from timing out the connection.

Affected (1)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Information Services

Microsoft

1 product

Internet Information Services

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Information Services	Version 5.0

References (10)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244892

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3667

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931