Microsoft Windows up to Server 2012 R2 IPsec resource management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Windows up to Server 2012 R2 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component IPsec. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was presented 11/10/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-120 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6111 since 08/14/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86830 (MS15-120: Security Update for IPSec to Address Denial of Service (3102939)), 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 91106 (Microsoft Windows IPSec Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS15-120)).

Applying the patch MS15-120 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86830), SecurityFocus (BID 77481†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54321†). See VDB-79185, VDB-79184 and VDB-79182 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 86830
Nessus Name: MS15-120: Security Update for IPSec to Address Denial of Service (3102939)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: MS Windows IPSec Denial of Service Vulnerability (3102939)
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Patch: MS15-120

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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-120
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6111 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 77481 - Microsoft Windows IPSec CVE-2015-6111 Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034123
Vulnerability Center: 54321 - [MS15-120] Microsoft Windows IPSec Remote DoS via a Crafted Application - CVE-2015-6111, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 11/11/2015 05:05 PM
Updated: 11/18/2024 02:31 PM
Changes: 11/11/2015 05:05 PM (62), 04/11/2018 11:36 AM (14), 06/27/2022 10:26 AM (4), 11/18/2024 02:31 PM (16)
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