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Microsoft Windows LSASS Denial of Service Vulnerability (975467)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-059.
Insight
Insight
This issue is caused by an integer underflow error in the Windows NTLM implementation in LSASS (Local Security Authority Subsystem Service) when processing malformed packets during the authentication process, which could allow attackers to cause an affected system to automatically reboot.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1/2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1/2 and prior.
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.