Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:5413

Info

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5413
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2002-1876
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 06 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 05 2019 11:00AM
Credit: Reported by Dave Aitel <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for Microsoft Exchange 2000.

Allegedly, Exchange 2000 will experience a denial of service condition when an authenticated user makes many requests. The vulnerability is due to IIS incorrectly allocating licenses to Exchange. Making numerous, rapid requests will exhaust available licenses granted to Exchange by IIS.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Reportedly, these issues may be exploited with the publically available Spike tool, available at the following URL:

http://www.immunitysec.com/spike.html

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

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Microsoft Exchange 2000 Post Authorization License Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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