PT-2001-1904 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2001-11-22 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2001-0721

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 versions 98, 98SE, ME, and XP

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption or a system crash, via a malformed Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) request.

Recommendations: For Windows 98, 98SE, ME, and XP, consider disabling the UPnP service as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0721

Affected Products

Windows

References · 4

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0721 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100467787323377&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100528449024158&w=2 · Note