Alert: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-041 - Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service (899591)

From: Russ (Russ.Cooper_at_RC.ON.CA)
Date: 08/09/05

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    Date:         Tue, 9 Aug 2005 14:01:15 -0400
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    Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-041:
    Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service (899591)

    Bulletin URL:
    <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-041.mspx>

    Version Number: 1.0
    Issued Date: Tuesday, August 09, 2005
    Impact of Vulnerability: Denial of Service
    Maximum Severity Rating: Moderate
    Patch(es) Replaced: None
    Caveats: None

    Tested Software:
    Affected Software:
    ------------------
    * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
    <http://tinyurl.com/bo69x>
    * Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
    <http://tinyurl.com/dgzy2>
    * Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
    <http://tinyurl.com/7otac>
    * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    <http://tinyurl.com/b9jrg>
    * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
    <http://tinyurl.com/dyvjz>
    * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 (all versions)
    <http://tinyurl.com/c5pnh>

    Technical Description:
    ----------------------
    * Remote Desktop Protocol Vulnerability - CAN-2005-1218: A denial of service vulnerability exists that could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted Remote Data Protocol (RDP) message to an affected system. An attacker could cause this system to stop responding.

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    Cheers,
    Russ Cooper - Senior Scientist - Cybertrust/NTBugtraq Editor 

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