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Microsoft Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Denial of Service Vulnerability (950762)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-036.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to the errors in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol when handling PGM packets with an invalid option length field or fragment option.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 and prior.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.