Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the SNMP service when processing GetBulkRequest SNMP messages. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via a specially crafted GetBulkRequest message.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits:
* Kostya Kortchinsky, Immunity.
* Clement Seguy, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company.
Changelog: 2006-12-14: Added link to US-CERT.
2006-12-20: Updated description with additional information.
2006-12-21: Updated link to Windows 2000 SP4 patch.
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