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Sid
21088

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in windows 2000.

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
The Microsoft Windows kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) requests.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 
microsoft windows 2000 

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Attack Scenarios:


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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-2005-1218:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-1218
  
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