Microsoft Services for Unix Telnet DoS Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	3090
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2001-0505
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 24 2001 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 11 2009 06:56AM
Credit:	Discovered by Peter Gründl <[email protected]> and published in a Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-039 on July 24, 2001.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Services for Unix Telnet DoS Vulnerability

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Microsoft Services for Unix Telnet DoS Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft has released the following patches which rectify this issue:


Microsoft Services for Unix 2.0

• Microsoft Q301514
  Windows 2000
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Patch/Q301514/N T5/EN-US/Q301514_SFU_2_X86.exe


• Microsoft Q301514
  Windows NT 4.0
  http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q301514/NT4/EN-US /Q301514_SFU_2_X86.exe

Microsoft Services for Unix Telnet DoS Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-039 (Microsoft)