Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
5cb834cccd573ce02e9220610f40c709c25e2bbfae258604013c760f86dae5cc
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Secunia CSI 5.0 Beta - now available for testing
Find out more, take a free test drive, and share your opinion with us:
http://secunia.com/blog/242
----------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol Denial of Service
Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45562
VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/45562/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45562
RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-10
DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/45562/#comments
AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Last Update
* Popularity
* Comments
* Criticality Level
* Impact
* Where
* Solution Status
* Operating System / Software
* CVE Reference(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/45562/
ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Authentication Level
* Report Reliability
* Secunia PoC
* Secunia Analysis
* Systems Affected
* Approve Distribution
* Remediation Status
* Secunia CVSS Score
* CVSS
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45562
ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
* AUTOMATED SCANNING
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported 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 within Remote Desktop
Services when processing certain RDP packets. This can be exploited
to restart the system by sending a sequence of specially crafted RDP
packets.
Successful exploitation requires that Remote Desktop for
Administration is enabled (disabled by default).
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS11-065 (KB2570222):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-065.mspx
OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
----------------------------------------------------------------------
About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.
Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/
Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------