Microsoft Windows 98/98SE ARP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2001-1055. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 98/98SE (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ARP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Microsoft Windows network stack allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of malformed ARP request packets with random source IP and MAC addresses, as demonstrated by ARPNuke.

The issue has been introduced in 06/25/1998. The weakness was shared 07/30/2001 by Paul Starzetz as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1055. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1131 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version ME or 2000 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6924), Exploit-DB (21040), SecurityFocus (BID 3113†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5607†). The entry VDB-17097 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Windows ME/2000

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06/25/1998 🔍
07/30/2001 +1131 days 🔍
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10/20/2004 +1178 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +3547 days 🔍
01/30/2025 +3860 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Paul Starzetz
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-1055 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1055
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17099
X-Force: 6924 - Microsoft Windows 98 ARP packet flooding denial of service
SecurityFocus: 3113 - Windows ARP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 5607 - DoS in Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE via ARP Request, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 16:51
Updated: 01/30/2025 21:00
Changes: 07/07/2014 16:51 (68), 05/25/2019 12:56 (1), 01/30/2025 21:00 (22)
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Cache ID: 216:73A:103

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