PT-2008-1739 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+1

Published 2008-02-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-0084

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Vista (affected versions not specified)

Description A denial of service issue exists in the TCP/IP support of the affected system. It can be exploited by a remote DHCP server that sends a crafted DHCP packet, causing the system to hang and restart. The issue arises when a specially crafted packet from a DHCP server corrupts TCP/IP structures, leading to the system becoming unresponsive and automatically restarting.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0084

Affected Products

Windows Vista

Windows

References · 11

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0084 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-004 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0084 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0506/references · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27634 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-004 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5240 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019383 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28828 · Note