PT-2001-1715 · Microsoft · Services For Unix

Published 2001-10-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2001-0505

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Services for Unix version 2.0

Description: The issue concerns multiple memory leaks that can be triggered by remote attackers sending a large number of malformed requests to either the Telnet service or the NFS service, leading to a denial of service due to memory exhaustion.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Services for Unix version 2.0, consider restricting access to the Telnet and NFS services until a fix is available, and apply configuration changes to limit the impact of malformed requests.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0505

Affected Products

Services For Unix

References · 7

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-039 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0505 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/581603 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6883 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3089 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/994851 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6882 · Note