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MS06-007: Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Denial of Service (913446)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20907

Synopsis

It is possible to crash the remote host due to a flaw in the TCP/IP stack.

Description

The remote host runs a version of Windows with a flaw in its TCP/IP stack that could allow an attacker to perform a denial of service attack against the remote host.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to send a specially crafted IGMP packet to the remote host.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2006/ms06-007

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20907

File Name: smb_nt_ms06-007.nasl

Version: 1.32

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/14/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2006

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-0021

BID: 16645

CWE: 119

CERT: 839284

MSFT: MS06-007

MSKB: 913446