PT-2011-3430 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+6

Laurent Gaffiã© · Published 2011-06-16 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2011-1869

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 XP versions SP2 and SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 and SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold and SP1

Description A denial of service issue exists in the Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) implementation, allowing remote DFS servers to cause a system hang via a crafted referral response. This can be exploited by sending a specially crafted network message to a computer running the Server service, and it does not require authentication.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 and SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 and SP2, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold and SP1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1869

Affected Products

Distributed File System

Windows

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 9

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-042 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-1869 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1869 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44948 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/48187 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44894 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025639 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12640 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67727 · Note