CVE-2002-1908

Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2002-12-31

Last modified

2024-09-16

Affected products

• Internet Information Services (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907