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MS16-021: Security Update for NPS RADIUS Server to Address Denial of Service (3133043)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88653

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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 in the Network Policy Server (NPS) due to improper handling of RADIUS authentication requests. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted username strings, to cause a denial of service condition for RADIUS authentication on the NPS.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2016/ms16-021

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88653

File Name: smb_nt_ms16-021.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/9/2016

Updated: 11/20/2019

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 Score Source: CVE-2016-0050

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: 2/9/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0050

BID: 82513

IAVA: 2016-A-0047

MSFT: MS16-021

MSKB: 3133043