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Sid
23436

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

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
IDirectPlay4 Application Programming Interface (API) of Microsoft DirectPlay 7.0a thru 9.0b, as used in Windows Server 2003 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.

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Affected Systems:
microsoft directx 7.0
microsoft directx 7.0a
microsoft directx 7.1
microsoft directx 8.0
microsoft directx 8.0a
microsoft directx 8.1
microsoft directx 8.1a
microsoft directx 8.1b
microsoft directx 8.2
microsoft directx 9.0a
microsoft directx 9.0b

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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-2004-0202:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2004-0202
  
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