Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Local Security Authority Subsystem. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3675. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Local Security Authority Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

LSASS.exe in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed ISAKMP request over IPsec, aka "Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 12/08/2009 with Microsoft as MS09-069 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3675 since 10/13/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43061 (MS09-069: Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial of Service (974392)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90571 (Microsoft Local Security Authority Subsystem Denial of Service Vulnerability (MS09-069)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-069 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54442), Tenable (43061), SecurityFocus (BID 37218†), OSVDB (60831†) and Secunia (SA37524†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4070, VDB-4068 and VDB-4067. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 43061
Nessus Name: MS09-069: Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial of Service (974392)
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OpenVAS ID: 901063
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows LSASS Denial of Service Vulnerability (975467)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS09-069

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-069
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-3675 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3675
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4066

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X-Force: 54442
SecurityFocus: 37218 - Microsoft Windows LSASS ISAKMP Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 37524 - Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 60831 - Microsoft Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem (LSASS) ISAKMP Message Handling Resource Exhaustion Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 24320 - [MS09-069] Microsoft Windows LSASS Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS via Crafted ISAKMP Message, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2009 10:58
Updated: 02/15/2025 20:19
Changes: 12/16/2009 10:58 (83), 02/18/2017 09:22 (10), 03/17/2021 16:29 (3), 02/15/2025 20:19 (16)
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