Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 IPV6 ICMP Flood Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:7788

Info

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 IPV6 ICMP Flood Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7788
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 02 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 02 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "[email protected]" <[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 XP Embedded SP1
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition
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 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 IPV6 ICMP Flood Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 has been reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability.

Reportedly, an attacker may trigger this vulnerability, under certain configurations. Specifcally IPV6 must be enabled on the target server. Under these conditions an attacker may launch an ICMP flood attack, that could effectively deny network services to valid users.

Reportedly this issue is further exaggerated by bid 7666.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 IPV6 ICMP Flood Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits 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]>.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 IPV6 ICMP Flood Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
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]>.

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