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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902033 |
Category: | General |
Title: | Microsoft Windows '.ani' file Denial of Service vulnerability |
Summary: | The host has ANI parser in Microsoft Windows and is prone to;denial of dervice vulnerability. |
Description: | Summary: The host has ANI parser in Microsoft Windows and is prone to denial of dervice vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is due to improper bounds checking when processing '.ani' files which can be exploited via crafted '.ani' file to cause the system to consume an overly large amount of memory and become unresponsive. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploits will cause application to crash or become unresponsive, denying service to legitimate users. Affected Software/OS: - Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier - Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and earlier - Microsoft Windows 2003 SP2 and earlier Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 7.1 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 38579 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1098 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38579 http://code.google.com/p/skylined/issues/detail?id=3 http://skypher.com/index.php/2010/03/08/ani-file-bitmapinfoheader-biclrused-bounds-check-missing/ XForce ISS Database: microsoft-windows-ani-dos(56756) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56756 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH |
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