Microsoft Windows IGMP Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Microsoft Windows IGMP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA18853	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-14
Last Update:	2007-10-24
Popularity:	15,262 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	From local network
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Microsoft Windows CE .NET 4.x Microsoft Windows CE 5.0 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 Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0021

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a validation error in the handling of IGMP requests. This can be exploited to cause a vulnerable system to stop responding by sending it a specially crafted IGMP packet. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Windows XP SP1 / Microsoft Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7BB21D74-C37B-472B-BB10-71D4680680A7 Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8E2538CC-CC90-4DB7-8D0B-0B8BA4234E67 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=78D7DF14-6049-4318-89CA-9C8681CED8AB Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Itanium) and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 (Itanium): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=9AE276CF-AB46-4198-BCB3-3EFFDF15550E Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=12AAE69E-C5C3-4E4A-9970-F5DB84DD9744 Windows CE 4.2: Fixed in September 2007 monthly update or upgrade to Windows CE 6.0. Windows CE 5.0: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930642 Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Douglas Nascimento, Datacom. Changelog: 2006-02-15: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2007-10-24: Updated affected software list and "Solution" section to include information on Windows CE as provided by Ollie Whitehouse, Symantec Research. Added additional link to Microsoft. Original Advisory: MS06-007 (KB913446): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-007.mspx KB930642: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930642 Other References: US-CERT VU#839284: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839284

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