Microsoft Windows NFS Server NULL Pointer Dereference (MS13-014; CVE-2013-1281)
| Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2013-1324 | |
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| Source: | Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-014 | |
| Industry Reference(s): | CVE-2013-1281 |
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Who is Vulnerable? Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
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| Vulnerability Description A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows' NFS server implementation. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of a non-permitted operation. A remote attacker could trigger this flaw by mounting an NFS share that is exported as read-only and then issue a RENAME command on a file in that share, a NULL pointer dereference occurs. This causes the vulnerable system to crash, causing a denial-of-service condition. |
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Update/Patch Available Apply patches from: MS13-014 |
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