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Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:	SA16356
Release Date:	2005-08-09
Last Update:	2005-11-21

Critical:	Moderately critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation System access
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows XP Embedded Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:	CVE-2005-1984 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unchecked buffer in spoolsv.exe. This can potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code by people or users, who can connect to the service. According to Microsoft, this can only be exploited to cause a DoS on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Windows 2000 (requires SP4): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=3DD3B530-7F43-4C18-8298-6E8797431A5D Microsoft Windows XP (requires SP1 or SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=EF402946-1C3B-47E9-9D51-77D890DF8725 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9da5dae9-9e2d-45ef-8c9b-d773409b6187 Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP1): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8f1f7ae2-8e47-4055-9f55-aef72d8ea60d Microsoft Windows Server 2003: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=25469675-DF28-4889-8D13-25EFCD498388 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=F0AEC064-34A3-4EE4-9F15-BE1E3DD02BC7 Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Kostya Kortchinsky, CERT Renater. Changelog: 2005-08-10: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2005-11-21: Added patch information for Windows XP Embedded. Original Advisory: MS05-043 (KB896423): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-043.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#220821: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220821



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