PT-1999-1683 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Published 1999-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-1363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by running a program that creates a large number of locks on a file. This action exhausts the NonPagedPool, leading to a system crash.

Recommendations: For Windows NT version 3.51, consider applying configuration changes to limit the number of locks that can be created on a file to prevent exhaustion of the NonPagedPool. For Windows NT version 4.0, consider applying configuration changes to limit the number of locks that can be created on a file to prevent exhaustion of the NonPagedPool.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1363

Affected Products

Windows Nt

References · 3

• http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q163/1/43.asp · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1363 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7405.php · Note