CVE-2019-0941

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-roundup-for-microsofts-june-2019-patch-tuesday

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0941

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0941

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-12

Updated: 2025-05-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07529