Summary
Microsoft IIS, running Frontpage extensions, is
vulnerable to a remote DoS attack usually called the 'malformed web submission' vulnerability. An attacker, exploiting this vulnerability, will be able to render the service unuseable. If this machine serves a business-critical functionality, there could be an impact to the business.
Solution
See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-100.mspx
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2001-0096 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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