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Microsoft Windows SNMP Service GetBulkRequest Memory Corruption Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA23307  
Release Date: 2006-12-12
Last Update: 2006-12-21

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
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 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 Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:CVE-2006-5583 (Secunia mirror)

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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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Solution:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=ecc1e691-626b-405c-87d1-15931d1e4258

Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=2b57e00f-0f47-4567-b40f-f630ba5a29cb

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=65ab5876-7c9a-4add-8b6d-0fd7d617397a

Windows Server 2003 (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7856ee11-4f3a-4138-bfce-1b97fb25be69

Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=c1b01b91-c565-4d1f-90ec-f57a70fa012e

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5b61249a-dba7-4fd5-85f3-b918044bbc92

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.

Original Advisory:
MS06-074 (KB926247):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-074.mspx

Other References:
US-CERT VU#901584:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901584



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