PT-2001-1745 · Microsoft · Windows 2000+1

Published 2001-09-20 · Updated 2020-04-02 · CVE-2001-0543

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: Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000

Description: A memory leak in the NNTP service allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of malformed posts, leading to memory exhaustion.

Recommendations: For Windows NT 4.0, restrict access to the NNTP service until a fix is available. For Windows 2000, consider disabling the NNTP service as a temporary workaround to prevent exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0543

Affected Products

Windows 2000

Windows Nt 4.0

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0543 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3183 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2001-0543 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334 · Note