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:
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* 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:
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* 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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Russ Cooper - Senior Scientist - Cybertrust/NTBugtraq Editor
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