Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DHCP Service memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component DHCP Service. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0900. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component DHCP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2004. The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2004 by Kostya Kortchinsky with CERT Renater as MS04-042 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0900 since 09/22/2004. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15965 (MS04-042: Windows NT Multiple DHCP Vulnerabilities (885249)), 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 90203 (Microsoft DHCP Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service (MS04-042)).

Applying the patch MS04-042 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at 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 3192.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18342), Tenable (15965), SecurityFocus (BID 11920†), OSVDB (12377†) and Secunia (SA13463†). The entry VDB-1036 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15965
Nessus Name: MS04-042: Windows NT Multiple DHCP Vulnerabilities (885249)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS04-042
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky
Organization: CERT Renater
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-0900 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0900
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1037

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X-Force: 18342 - Microsoft Windows NT DHCP HardwareAddress code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 11920 - Microsoft Windows DHCP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 13463 - Microsoft Windows NT DHCP Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 12377 - Microsoft Windows NT DHCP HardwareAddress code execution
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 6497 - [MS04-042] Microsoft Windows NT DHCP Service Code Execution via Malformed DHCP Messages, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2004 14:46
Updated: 07/07/2025 14:15
Changes: 12/17/2004 14:46 (94), 06/30/2019 14:45 (5), 03/10/2021 11:33 (2), 07/07/2025 14:15 (16)
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