Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SNMP Agent snmp.exe denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file snmp.exe of the component SNMP Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

memory leak in simple network management protocol (snmp) agent (snmp.exe) for windows nt 4.0 before service pack 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of snmp packets with object identifiers (oids) that cannot be decoded.

The weakness was disclosed 12/23/1997 as not defined knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at support.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1581 since 04/21/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (8231). kb.cert.org is providing further details. The entries 14041 and 14040 are pretty similar.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows 2000

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: support.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1581 (🔍)
X-Force: 8231 - Microsoft Windows NT SNMP OID decoding memory leak

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Created: 06/18/2014 17:46
Updated: 01/14/2018 10:32
Changes: 06/18/2014 17:46 (50), 01/14/2018 10:32 (6)
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Cache ID: 18:93B:103

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