MS08-003: Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (946538)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31037

Synopsis

It is possible to crash Active Directory on the remote host.

Description

The remote version of Active Directory contains a flaw in the LDAP request handler code that allows an attacker to crash the remote Active Directory server.

Solution

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

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-003

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31037

File Name: smb_nt_ms08-003.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/12/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0088

BID: 27638

CWE: 20

MSFT: MS08-003

MSKB: 931374, 943484