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Vulnerability Note VU#353956

Microsoft Windows H.323 implementation fails to handle malformed requests

Overview

A vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows' implementation of the multimedia telephony protocol H.323 could lead to the ability to remotely execute arbitrary code on the system.

I. Description

Microsoft Windows' implementation of the H.323 protocol contains a buffer overflow in the handling of requests. An attacker may be able to send a crafted request to the vulnerable system and exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects the following systems:
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 98, 98 SE, ME
  • Systems running a stand-alone version of NetMeeting prior to version 3.01 (4.4.3399)

    II. Impact

    An attacker may be able to send a crafted request to the vulnerable system and exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

    III. Solution

    Apply a patch from the vendor


Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-011 contains patch information to resolve this issue.

Systems Affected

VendorStatusDate Updated
Microsoft CorporationVulnerable14-Apr-2004

References


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-011.mspx

Credit

Thanks to Microsoft for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jason A Rafail.

Other Information

Date Public04/13/2004
Date First Published04/14/2004 10:27:17 AM
Date Last Updated04/14/2004
CERT Advisory 
CVE-ID(s)CAN-2004-0117
NVD-ID(s)CAN-2004-0117
US-CERT Technical Alerts 
Metric34.26
Document Revision3

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