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Secunia Advisory SA37314

Windows Web Services on Devices API Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory SA37314
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Release Date 2009-11-10
   
Popularity 4,849 views
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Criticality level Moderately criticalModerately critical
Impact System access
Where From local network
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
Automated scanning Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
   
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2009-2512 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the processing of WSD messages and can be exploited to corrupt memory via a WSDAPI message containing a specially crafted header.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a service or application uses the API or performs remote device discovery.


Solution
Apply patches.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Neel Mehta, Google Inc.

Original Advisory
MS09-063 (KB973565):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-063.mspx

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