Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:29584

Info

Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29584
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1445
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 10 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 13 2008 11:12PM
Credit: Alex Matthews and John Guzik of Securify
Vulnerable: Nortel Networks Centrex IP Client Manager 9.0
Nortel Networks Centrex IP Client Manager 11.0
Nortel Networks Centrex IP Client Manager 10.0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2
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 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium 0
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1 Beta 1
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 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium SP1 Beta 1
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 Server 2003 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
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 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
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 SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 3.1
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 3.0
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 2.0
Avaya Messaging Application Server MM 1.1
Avaya Messaging Application Server 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because Microsoft Active Directory, ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode), and AD LDS (Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service) fail to handle specially crafted Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) requests.

An attacker can exploit this issue by sending a specially crafted LDAP request to the affected computer. This would cause the affected system to temporarily stop responding to LDAP requests, thus denying further service to legitimate users.

Note that the attacker requires valid logon credentials to exploit this issue on Windows Server 2003 and on any system that has ADAM installed.

This issue affects these components:

- Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008
- ADAM on Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003
- AD LDS on Windows Server 2008

Supported editions of Windows Server 2008 are not affected if installed using the Server Core installation option.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by using readily available network utilities.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for more information.


Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems 0

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition 0

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition 0

References

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