PT-2003-1444 · Microsoft · Internet Information Server

Parcifal Aertssen · Published 2003-05-30 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2003-0225

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 Internet Information Server (IIS) versions 4.0 through 5.0

Description: The issue concerns the ASP function Response.AddHeader in Microsoft Internet Information Server, which does not limit memory requests when constructing headers. This allows remote attackers to generate a large header, causing a denial of service due to memory consumption with an ASP page.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) versions 4.0 through 5.0, consider restricting access to ASP pages until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the size of headers that can be added by the Response.AddHeader function to prevent excessive memory consumption. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0225

Affected Products

Internet Information Server

References · 6

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-018 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0225 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105110606122772&w=2 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0225 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A373 · Note
• http://aqtronix.com/Advisories/AQ-2003-01.txt · Note