PT-2002-1147 · Microsoft · Windows 2000+3

Published 2002-03-08 · Updated 2020-04-09 · CVE-2002-0055

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 Windows versions prior to the fixed version Exchange 2000

Description The issue concerns a denial of service that can be caused by a remote attacker through the SMTP service. This is achieved by sending a command with a malformed data transfer (BDAT) request.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP Professional, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Exchange 2000, apply the recommended configuration changes to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the SMTP service until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-669

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0055

Affected Products

Exchange 2000

Windows

Windows 2000

Windows Xp Professional

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0055 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-012 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4204 · Patch
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8307.php · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-0055 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101558498401274&w=2 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A30 · Note