Input validation error in Microsoft products - CVE-2019-0941
Published: June 12, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18777
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-0941
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Windows
Windows Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the filtering feature. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected Microsoft IIS server and perform a denial of service attack against pages, configured to use request filtering.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-0941
Install updates from vendor's website.