MS09-059: Vulnerability in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Could Allow Denial of Service (975467)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42115

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

The version of LSASS running on the remote host has an integer overflow vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and 2008 and 7.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?ccd9852f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42115

File Name: smb_nt_ms09-059.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/13/2009

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2524

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: 10/13/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2524

BID: 36593

CWE: 189

IAVB: 2009-B-0054-S

MSFT: MS09-059

MSKB: 975467