Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Remote Desktop Sharing denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Remote Desktop Sharing. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2001-0503. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Remote Desktop Sharing. 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:

Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 with Remote Desktop Sharing enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed string to the NetMeeting service port, aka a variant of the "NetMeeting Desktop Sharing" vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 10/13/2000 by Kirk Corey with Microsoft as MS00-077 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2001-0503. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90001 (Microsoft NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing DoS Vulnerability (MS00-077)).

Applying the patch MS00-077 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5368), SecurityFocus (BID 1798†), OSVDB (5608†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3137†). See VDB-16194 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Patch: MS00-077

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07/21/2001 +281 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS00-077
Researcher: Kirk Corey
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17068
X-Force: 5368
SecurityFocus: 1798 - Microsoft NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing DoS Vulnerability
OSVDB: 5608 - Microsoft NetMeeting Malformed String DoS
Vulnerability Center: 3137

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 15:41
Updated: 06/24/2024 02:16
Changes: 07/07/2014 15:41 (51), 05/31/2018 10:28 (12), 06/24/2024 02:16 (17)
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