BID:10127

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Info

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	10127
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2004-0116
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 12 2009 04:06AM
Credit:	Discovery of this issue is credited to Riley Hassell <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Home Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1 Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1 Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 alpha Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a + Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers + Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers + Avaya IP600 Media Servers + Avaya IP600 Media Servers + Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0 + Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 + Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1 Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1 Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP4 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP3 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services + Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server + Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Japanese Edition Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server + Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers + Avaya IP600 Media Servers + Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0 + Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Avaya S8100 Media Servers 0 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server + Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a Avaya S3400 Message Application Server 0 + Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Avaya IP600 Media Servers Avaya DefinityOne Media Servers

Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that a denial of service condition exists in the RPCSS service. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle malformed network messages.

Successful exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to cause the affected server to crash or stop responding. On Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 this will cause the affected system to reboot, on all other Windows platforms the system will have to be manually rebooted. It is currently not known whether this issue could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

The researchers who discovered this issue have developed working exploit code that is not publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows RPCSS Service Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Avaya has released an advisory to announce that Avaya System Products shipping on Microsoft platforms are also affected by this vulnerability. Avaya advise that customers follow the Microsoft recommendations for the resolution of this issue. The aforementioned advisory can be viewed at the following location:
http://support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple?temp.groupID=&temp.selectedFamily=128451&temp.selectedProduct=154235&temp.selectedBucket=126655&temp.feedbackState=askForFeedback&temp.documentID=161384&PAGE=avaya.css.CSSLvl1Detail&executeTransaction=avaya.css.UsageUpdate()

Microsoft has released a security bulletin MS04-012 with fixes to address this and other issues.

US-CERT has released an advisory to address this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2