Denial of Service Vulnerability in IIS 4.0 by Microsoft
CVE-1999-0867

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Microsoft
Status
Commercial Internet System
Internet Information Server
Site Server
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 August 1999

Summary

The vulnerability allows an attacker to exploit the IIS 4.0 web server by sending a flood of HTTP requests that contain malformed headers. This deluge of requests can overwhelm the server, leading to a denial of service condition, effectively making the web service unavailable to legitimate users. Proper mitigation strategies are necessary to protect against such attacks and maintain service availability.

References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN...
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http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-058.shtml
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securit...
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EPSS Score

21% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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