MS08-035: Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (953235)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33138

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote version of Active Directory contains a denial of service vulnerability when processing LDAP requests. An attacker can exploit this flaw to crash the remote Active Directory server.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and 2008.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?c76586a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33138

File Name: smb_nt_ms08-035.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/12/2008

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-1445

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: 6/10/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1445

BID: 29584

CWE: 20

IAVA: 2008-A-0041-S

MSFT: MS08-035

MSKB: 949014, 949269