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Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA16356

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Release Date:

2005-08-09

Last Update:

2005-11-21

Popularity:

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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

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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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