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Windows SMB Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA9225
Release Date: 2003-07-09
Last Update: 2003-10-11
Popularity: 13,128 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
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 NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in some versions of Windows, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system and potentially compromise it.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when validating parameters of a SMB packet. When a client sends a SMB packet to a server, it includes various parameters. On of these parameters is a size parameter, which the server doesn't check in any way. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted SMB packet containing a size parameter, which is too small.

This will result in arbitrary data being overwritten leading to data corruption, a crash, or execution of arbitrary code. However, successful exploitation requires that a user has been authenticated by the SMB service.

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