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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component NNTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was presented 09/20/2001 with Microsoft as MS01-043 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0543. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
Applying the patch MS01-043 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6977). See 17371 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory leakCWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Patch: MS01-043
Timeline
08/15/2001 🔍08/15/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS01-043
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2001-0543 (🔍)
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X-Force: 6977 - Microsoft Windows NT and 2000 NNTP memory leak denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 3987 - [MS01-043] DoS in Microsoft Windows 2000 / NT NNTP via Multiple Malformed Posts, Medium
SecurityFocus: 3183 - Microsoft Windows NNTP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/09/2014 12:24Updated: 05/20/2019 14:58
Changes: 07/09/2014 12:24 (44), 05/20/2019 14:58 (23)
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