CVE-2002-1908
Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0-5.1 - Denial of Service via Host Header with Excessive Forward Slashes
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch x_refsource_misc
http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php
Exploit vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907
Scores
EPSS
0.1368
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_information_services
5.0
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026