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MS13-079: Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (2853587)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69838
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Synopsis
The remote host is affected by an Active Directory denial of service vulnerability.Description
The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Active Directory Services and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).By sending a specially crafted query to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service, an attacker can cause the directory service to stop responding until an administrator restarts the service.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Vista, 2008, 7, 2008 R2, 8, and 2012.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-079
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69838
File Name: smb_nt_ms13-079.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 9/11/2013
Updated: 11/27/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3868
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2013
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-3868
BID: 62184