CVE-2001-0543

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/09/2001

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Memory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed posts.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:-::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3183
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-043
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6977
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A334