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Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Implementation Vulnerabilities Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA14512  
Release Date: 2005-03-07
Last Update: 2005-11-21

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millenium
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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:CVE-2004-0230 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2004-0790 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2004-1060 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-0048 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2005-0688 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

1) Insufficient validation of IP options can be exploited to cause a vulnerable system to stop responding and restart or may allow execution of arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IP packet to a vulnerable system.

NOTE: Most routers do reportedly not forward the malformed IP packets.

2) Errors within the handling of certain ICMP messages can be exploited to reset existing TCP connections or reduce the throughput.

For more information:
SA14904

3) An error within the handling of certain TCP packets can be exploited to reset established TCP connections on a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA11440

4) Improper handling of IP packets with the same destination and source IP and the SYN flag set can be exploited to cause a system to consume all available CPU resources for a certain period of time.

This kind of attack was first reported in 1997 and became known as LAND attacks.

NOTE: This vulnerability is reportedly still present in the IPv6 handling with the below patches applied.

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Solution:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP3 and Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0C534EE0-DE5B-4002-BB69-C63ED03D5D9D

Windows XP SP1 and Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B6D0437E-5A9E-4AA9-9E84-802A1BC5436C

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1 (Itanium):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=A81DBEC3-58DC-4CE5-86E0-0F38931A8D4B

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=34DC5227-9B9B-4795-A1A0-5FA509B3AD52

Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=cdbbf6da-965f-4ca2-95d9-73dbfdbae0bc

Microsoft Windows XP Embedded (with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=a01e8cfe-96fa-4443-870d-5c2ebeb4af2e

Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=616B5880-4439-4D96-8355-D7FCFE40134B

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=34DC5227-9B9B-4795-A1A0-5FA509B3AD52

Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), and Windows Millennium Edition (ME):
See vendor advisory.

The following versions of Microsoft Windows are not affected:
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Song Liu, Hongzhen Zhou, and Neel Mehta of ISS X-Force.
2) Fernando Gont and Qualys
4) Dejan Levaja

Changelog:
2005-03-10: Added CVE reference.
2005-04-12: Updated advisory with vulnerability information from vendor.
2005-04-13: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2005-04-14: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note.
2005-05-23: Updated advisory with information about vulnerability #4 still being present in IPv6.
2005-11-21: Added patch information for Windows XP Embedded.

Original Advisory:
MS05-019 (KB893066):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-019.mspx

Other References:
SA14904:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14904/

SA11440:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11440/

US-CERT VU#233754:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/233754

US-CERT VU#396645:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/396645



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