Re: MS05-019 Breaks VPN

From: Darryl J Roberts (DarrylJR_at_SEU.COM)
Date: 04/26/05

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    The problem with ICMP breaking (in some circumstances) is in both the
    security update for MS05-019 and Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003.

    Microsoft now has a hotfix available, but you must contact Microsoft PSS
    to obtain the fix. For more information about the fix, see Microsoft KB
    article KB898060 (dated today).

    The KB article referenced in the security bulletin (893066) has been
    updated, but the security bulletin itself has not been updates (thus no
    automatic notice from Russ' e-mail for updated security bulletins).

    If you try uninstalling the update for MS05-019, it presents you with a
    vague dialog containing a warning about a relationship with the update
    for MS05-020. Trying to get information from Microsoft about the
    meaning of this dialog and whether it is saying that the update for
    MS05-020 will also be automatically uninstalled, needs to be manually
    uninstalled before uninstalling MS05-019, or needs to be reinstalled
    after uninstalling MS05-019 has been difficult. I now have an
    explanation, but have been asked to not forward the information and
    instead refer people to Microsoft PSS.

    (If this is a (new) standard procedure for uninstalling security
    updates, I hope that there will be some documentation somewhere because
    the presented dialog IMNSHO really just intimidates you and does not
    give information on how to proceed.)

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Windows NTBugtraq Mailing List
    > [mailto:NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM]On Behalf Of
    > Darryl J Roberts
    > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 6:11 PM
    > To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
    > Subject: MS05-019 Breaks VPN
    >
    >
    > After installing the update in Microsoft Security Bulletin
    > MS05-019 on two servers at a customer site, we are no longer
    > able to connect via VPN to terminal services on those servers.
    > (Other servers that did not have the security bulletins from
    > last Tuesday installed can connect via VPN.)
    >
    > After many hours over two days working with Microsoft Product
    > Support Services, we discovered that forcing the MTU size down
    > allowed the client to connect to terminal services. Today
    > Microsoft PSS reported the they have confirmed that there is
    > a problem with ICMP messages being incorrectly discarded
    > (other have opened PSS cases about this issue). This could
    > be why the MTU size is not being set correctly.
    >
    > There will be an update to the patch in MS05-019, but as
    > of this time, that update is not available. A Microsoft KB
    > article is being written and has been assigned the number
    > KB898060, but as to this time, that article is not publicly
    > available.
    >
    > I will be uninstalling the update for Security Bulletin
    > MS05-019 from our customers servers this evening and waiting
    > for the corrected patch before reinstalling it.
    >
    > --
    > Darryl J. Roberts, MCSE, MCP+I, CompTIA CTT+, CSSA
    > Software Engineering Unlimited, IT Professional Services Consultancy
    > Ventura, CA, USA

    --
    NTBugtraq Editor's Note:
    Most viruses these days use spoofed email addresses. As such, using an Anti-Virus product which automatically notifies the perceived sender of a message it believes is infected may well cause more harm than good. Someone who did not actually send you a virus may receive the notification and scramble their support staff to find an infection which never existed in the first place. Suggest such notifications be disabled by whomever is responsible for your AV, or at least that the idea is considered.
    --
    

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