PT-2012-3594 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2008+5

Published 2012-08-15 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2012-1850

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista version SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions SP2 through R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1

Description A denial of service issue exists due to improper handling of Remote Administration Protocol (RAP) responses or specially crafted RAP requests. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in the service hanging or some Windows networking components stopping responding.

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

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1850

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 6

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1850 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-054 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1850 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15669 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-054 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-227A.html · Note