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Microsoft Kerberos Denial of Service Vulnerability (977290)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-014.

Insight

Insight

The issue is caused by a NULL pointer dereference error when handling 'Ticket-Granting-Ticket' renewal requests sent by a client on a remote non-Windows realm in a mixed-mode Kerberos implementation.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2008 Service Pack 3 and prior.

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)