CVE-2002-1908 Information

Description

Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of \/\ (forward slash) characters.

Reference

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907