CVE-2001-1055 The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demo...
MediumCVSS 5.0
EPSS 22.3%
PoC
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Proof-of-concept only
Description
The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demonstrated by ARPNuke.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft windows 98 | All versions | No fix listed |
| Microsoft windows 98se | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- 20010730 ARPNuke - 80 kb/s kills a whole subnet mailing-list vendor-advisory
- 3113 exploit vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- win-arp-packet-flooding-dos(6924) vdb-entry