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MS01-009: Malformed PPTP Packet Stream Remote DoS (283001)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 10615

Synopsis

A flaw in the remote PPTP implementation could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.

Description

The hotfix for the 'Malformed PPTP Packet Stream' problem has not been applied. This hotfix corrects a memory leak in Windows NT PPTP implementation that could cause it to use all the resources of the remote host.

An attacker could use this flaw by sending malformed PPTP packets to the remote host until no more memory is available. This would result in a denial of service of the remote service or the whole system.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows NT 4.0.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2001/ms01-009

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 10615

File Name: smb_nt_ms01-009.nasl

Version: 1.46

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/15/2001

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0017

BID: 2368

MSFT: MS01-009

MSKB: 283001