Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

BID:7930

Info

Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7930
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 02 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 02 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Eduardo Arias, Gabriel Becedillas, Ricardo Quesada and Damian Saura from Core Security Technologies.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
Not Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4

Discussion

Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Windows 2000. The problem occurs in the Active Directory component and will result in a denial of service.

An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by transmitting a malformed LDAP version 3 request to a target Microsoft Windows 2000 server. When the request is processed, an exception will be triggered effectively causing the target server to crash.

An affected system is said to reboot within 30 seconds of the exception being triggered.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

CORE has developed a working commercial exploit for their IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:


Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3

References

Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory Remote Stack Overflow Vulnerability

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