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Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Denial of Service Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23196  
Release Date: 2006-12-04
Last Update: 2006-12-08

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

OS:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server


CVE reference:CVE-2006-6296 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
h07 has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of "RpcGetPrinterData()" RPC requests within the Print Spooler service (spoolsv.exe). This can be exploited to consume almost all available memory via a specially crafted packet, which may result in a system crash.

The vulnerability is confirmed on a fully patched Windows 2000 SP4 system. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Restrict access to the service or disable the Print Spooler service.

Provided and/or discovered by:
h07

Changelog:
2006-12-06: Added link to US-CERT.
2006-12-08: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2879

Other References:
US-CERT VU#914617:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617



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