Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Kerberos denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Kerberos. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 domain controllers allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted Kerberos message.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was published 08/09/2005 by Tony Chin with Shell as MS05-042 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1981 since 06/17/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2000 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19405 (MS05-042: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure and Spoofing (899587)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90269 (Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure, and Spoofing (MS05-042)).

Applying the patch MS05-042 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3680.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21625), Tenable (19405), SecurityFocus (BID 14519†), OSVDB (18608†) and Secunia (SA16368†). Similar entry is available at VDB-1691. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 19405
Nessus Name: MS05-042: Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service, Information Disclosure and Spoofing (899587)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-042
Researcher: Tony Chin
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1981 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1690

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X-Force: 21625 - Microsoft Windows kerberos message denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 14519 - Microsoft Windows Kerberos Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 16368 - Microsoft Windows Two Kerberos Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 18608 - Microsoft Windows Kerberos Crafted Packet Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1014642
Vulnerability Center: 8894 - [MS05-042] DoS in Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 Kerberos Service, Medium

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Created: 08/10/2005 11:16 AM
Updated: 01/04/2025 03:24 PM
Changes: 08/10/2005 11:16 AM (102), 07/04/2019 09:19 AM (1), 01/04/2025 03:24 PM (17)
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