Microsoft Windows XP resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The Distributed File System (DFS) implementation in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows remote DFS servers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted referral response, aka "DFS Referral Response Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 06/16/2011 with NGS Software as MS11-042 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1869 since 05/04/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55122 (MS11-042: Vulnerabilities in Distributed File System Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2535512)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90706 (Microsoft Distributed File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-042)).

Applying the patch MS11-042 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11317.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67727) and Tenable (55122). The entry 4371 is pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55122
Nessus Name: MS11-042: Vulnerabilities in Distributed File System Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2535512)
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OpenVAS ID: 900288
OpenVAS Name: Dfsc.sys
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-042
Organization: NGS Software
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-1869 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67727
SecurityTracker: 1025639 - Microsoft Distributed File System Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 31776 - [MS11-042] Microsoft Windows Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via DFS Referral Responses, High
SecurityFocus: 48187 - Microsoft Windows Distributed File System Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 44894 - Microsoft Windows Distributed File System Two Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/09/2021 01:23
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (71), 03/24/2017 07:55 (21), 11/09/2021 01:23 (3)
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