A denial of service exists in Microsoft IIS Server when the optional request filtering feature improperly handles requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform a temporary denial of service against pages configured to use request filtering. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted request to a page utilizing request filtering. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain requests are processed by the filter.
Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0941 | vendor advisory |
| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0941 | patch vendor advisory |