Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 Message Queuing denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Message Queuing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-21769. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Message Queuing. 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 published 04/11/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-21769. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/28/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

12/13/2022 🔍
04/11/2023 +119 days 🔍
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04/28/2023 +17 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2023-21769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225560
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215

Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2023 20:25
Updated: 04/28/2023 11:22
Changes: 04/11/2023 20:25 (5), 04/11/2023 20:26 (31), 04/11/2023 20:29 (19), 04/28/2023 11:15 (2), 04/28/2023 11:22 (10)
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Cache ID: 216:B6B:103

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