Denial of Service : WindowsNT PPTP flood denial

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Test ID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10313

Category: Denial of Service

Title: WindowsNT PPTP flood denial

Summary: NOSUMMARY

Description: Description:

We could make the remote PPTP host crash
by telnetting to port 1723, and sending
garbage followed by the character ^D.
(control-d).

An attacker may use this flaw to prevent this host
from working properly and making it reboot
more often than usual.

Solution : Install WindowsNT SP5.

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 2111
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0140
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0140

Copyright This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10313
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	WindowsNT PPTP flood denial
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: We could make the remote PPTP host crash by telnetting to port 1723, and sending garbage followed by the character ^D. (control-d). An attacker may use this flaw to prevent this host from working properly and making it reboot more often than usual. Solution : Install WindowsNT SP5. Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 5.0
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 2111 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0140 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0140
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison