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Sid
3-13450

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

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Impact:
Denial of Service.   

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Detailed Information:
Unspecified vulnerability in the TCP/IP support in Microsoft Windows Vista allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (hang and restart) via a crafted DHCP packet.

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Affected Systems:
Microsoft windows-nt 1

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple.

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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-2008-0084:
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0084

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