MS13-095: Vulnerability in Digital Signatures Could Allow Denial of Service (2868626)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70853

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to the way affected web services process specially crafted X.509 certificates. By exploiting this flaw, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could crash the affected service.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 SP2, 7, 2008 R2, 8, 2012, 8.1 and 2012 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-095

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70853

File Name: smb_nt_ms13-095.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/13/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

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: 11/12/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3869

BID: 63561

IAVB: 2013-B-0128

MSFT: MS13-095

MSKB: 2868626