Microsoft Telnet and WinHTTP Multiple Services Denial of Service
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2011-352 | |
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| Source: | IPS Research Team | |
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| Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | ||
| Vulnerability Description Multiple Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows Telnet and WinHTTP. Remote attackers can trigger these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted malicious requests to the affected services. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to a DoS condition, which may cause the server to become unresponsive. |
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Vulnerability Details The vulnerabilities are due to a design flaw in Microsoft Telnet's and WinHTTP's user authentication mechanism. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may lead to a DoS condition, which may cause the server to become unresponsive. |
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