Microsoft Windows 95/98/98SE/NT 4.0 TCP Connection denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows 95/98/98SE/NT 4.0 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component TCP Connection Handler. 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:
Various TCP/IP stacks and network applications allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding a target host with TCP connection attempts and completing the TCP/IP handshake without maintaining the connection state on the attacker host, aka the "NAPTHA" class of vulnerabilities. NOTE: this candidate may change significantly as the security community discusses the technical nature of NAPTHA and learns more about the affected applications. This candidate is at a higher level of abstraction than is typical for CVE.
The issue has been introduced in 08/24/1995. The weakness was presented 01/09/2001 by BindView with Microsoft as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-1039. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/09/2019). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1925 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10563 (MS00-091: Incomplete TCP/IP Packet Vulnerability (199346)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2339.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (10563).
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 10563
Nessus Name: MS00-091: Incomplete TCP/IP Packet Vulnerability (199346)
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: cert.org
Researcher: BindView
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-1039 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 1132 - [MS00-091] Multiple Vendor TCP/IP Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 2022 - Multiple Vendor TCP/IP Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
Entry
Created: 07/02/2014 12:07Updated: 05/09/2019 18:26
Changes: 07/02/2014 12:07 (62), 05/09/2019 18:26 (10)
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