19903 : Microsoft Windows DTC Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
5	369	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	65%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date
2005-03-23	2005-03-23	2005-10-11

Keywords

2005006318

Description

Microsoft Windows has a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The issue is due to the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality of the Distributed Transaction Controller not properly sanitizing data sent by remote servers. With an unexpected protocol command during a reconnection request, a remote attacker can cause the MSDTC service to have an exception and exit.

Classification

Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1015037
Secunia Advisory ID: 17161 17172 17223 17509
Related OSVDB ID: 19902 19904
CVE ID: 2005-1979 (see also: NVD)
Keyword: 2005006318
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 902400
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0279.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=361442&RenditionID=
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/cgi-bin/eserv/cs/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=366956&RenditionID=
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=320&type=vulnerabilities
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS05-051

Tools & Filters

	20004 20008

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-10-12 | Disagree?

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