bkbll has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in a function in netman.dll when a large integer is supplied as an argument.

Successful exploitation crashes the Network Connections Service.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in fully updated versions of Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution
Apply patches.
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Changelog
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Original Advisory
MS05-045 (KB905414):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-045.mspx

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