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Sid
13827

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in windows.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. Complete admin access.

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Detailed Information:
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, does not properly validate the option length field in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and system hang) via a crafted PGM packet, aka the "PGM Invalid Length Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003
microsoft windows Server 2003

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Attack Scenarios:
An attacker can host a web site that will return code of their choosing to the object when a victim clicks on a malicious link.

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Ease of Attack:
Medium.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2008-1440:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-1440
 
Common Weakness Enumeration:
http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html
 
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification:
http://capec.mitre.org/data/definitions/100.html

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