CVE-1999-1537

Published Sep 1, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 8.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
IIS 3.x and 4.x does not distinguish between pages requiring encryption and those that do not, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via SSL requests to the HTTPS port for normally unencrypted files, which will cause IIS to perform extra work to send the files over SSL.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1518 IIS 3.x and 4.x does not distinguish between pages requiring encryption and those that do not, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via SSL requests to the HTTPS port for normally unencrypted files, which will cause IIS to perform extra work to send the files over SSL.
History

No history.

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM
Reserved
Aug 31, 2001, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 7, 1999, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM