Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 WINS UDP Packet denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component WINS. This manipulation as part of UDP Packet causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-1999-0288. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WINS. The manipulation as part of a UDP Packet 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. The summary by CVE is:

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

The weakness was disclosed 08/01/1998 (Website). The advisory is shared at safenetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0288. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10315 (Microsoft Windows NT WINS Service Malformed Data DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows, running in the context r and relying on port 137.

Upgrading to version XP or 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.Proper firewalling of udp/137 is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1233), Exploit-DB (19238), Tenable (10315), SecurityFocus (BID 298†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-248†). The entry VDB-14200 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: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 10315
Nessus Name: Microsoft Windows NT WINS Service Malformed Data DoS
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Recommended: Firewall
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Upgrade: Windows XP/2000
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: safenetworks.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14197
X-Force: 1233 - WINS update patch not installed header
SecurityFocus: 298 - NT DoS Duplicate Hostname Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 248 - DoS in WINS Server for Windows NT 4.0 via Random UDP Packets to Port 137, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 17:03
Updated: 01/20/2025 04:18
Changes: 06/19/2014 17:03 (64), 05/05/2019 18:26 (8), 01/20/2025 04:18 (29)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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