Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15460
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 16 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 16 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovered by Winny Thomas <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2 Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1 Microsoft Windows XP Home 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
Not Vulnerable:	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Denial of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play service is prone to a denial of service condition. This issue is caused by a malformed request to the service that causes virtual memory consumption.

On Windows XP, a remote attacker must authenticate over RPC to exploit this issue using the originally described attack vector.

Update: A reliable source has indicated that this issue is anonymously exploitable via named pipes or other MSRPC calls on Microsoft Windows XP SP2. This issue may be exploited by differing attack vectors than originally described by Microsoft.

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Denial of Service Vulnerability

Dave Aitel states that there is a working exploit utilizing an alternate attack vector (function \x30 in the srvsvc interface, via \\browser) available to members of the Immunity Partner's Program that allows anonymous exploitation on Microsoft Windows XP SP2.

The following exploit was provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/PNPDoS.c

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft reports they are currently investigating this issue.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Microsoft Windows Plug and Play Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [Dailydave] SrvSvc DoS confirmed (Dave Aitel )
  
• Microsoft Security Advisory (911052) (Microsoft)
  
• Microsoft Technet Security (Microsoft)
  
• Re: [Dailydave] MSRPC vulnerability 1 billion and six? (Dave Aitel )