Microsoft Windows 2000 IrDA Driver memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000. This impacts an unknown function of the component IrDA Driver. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0659. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Windows 2000 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component IrDA Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in IrDA driver providing infrared data exchange on Windows 2000 allows attackers who are physically close to the machine to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a malformed IrDA packet.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was shared 09/20/2001 by Paul as MS01-046 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0659. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 551 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10734 (MS01-046: IrDA Driver Malformed Packet Remote DoS (252795)), 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.

Applying the patch MS01-046 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7008), Tenable (10734), SecurityFocus (BID 3215†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-342†). 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10734
Nessus Name: MS01-046: IrDA Driver Malformed Packet Remote DoS (252795)
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Patch: MS01-046

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02/17/2000 🔍
08/21/2001 +551 days 🔍
08/21/2001 +0 days 🔍
08/24/2001 +3 days 🔍
09/20/2001 +27 days 🔍
09/20/2001 +0 days 🔍
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12/11/2002 +447 days 🔍
07/09/2014 +4228 days 🔍
05/06/2019 +1762 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-046
Researcher: Paul
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0659 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17389
X-Force: 7008 - Microsoft Windows 2000 IrDA device denial of service
SecurityFocus: 3215 - Microsoft Windows 2000 IrDA Buffer Overflow Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 342 - [MS01-046] Windows 2000 host DOS via IrDA Packet, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 12:33
Updated: 05/06/2019 11:12
Changes: 07/09/2014 12:33 (65), 05/06/2019 11:12 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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