VDB-220982 · CVE-2023-21701 · GCVE-0-2023-21701

Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 PEAP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PEAP Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-21701. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component PEAP 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 weakness was disclosed 02/14/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-21701. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/14/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
Product: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.5
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

12/13/2022 🔍
02/14/2023 +63 days 🔍
02/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
02/14/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2023 +29 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-220982
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2023 19:52
Updated: 03/15/2023 11:59
Changes: 02/14/2023 19:52 (36), 02/14/2023 19:55 (19), 03/15/2023 11:59 (2)
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