Microsoft Active Directory Memory Consumption Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 10 Apr 2013 12:21 Release Date: 10 Apr 2013 3969 Views

RISK: High Risk

TYPE: Servers - Network Management

A denial of service vulnerability exists in implementations of Active Directory that could cause the service to stop responding. The vulnerability is caused when the LDAP service fails to handle a specially crafted query.

Impact

Denial of Service

System / Technologies affected

Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8
Windows Server 2012

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

Download location for patches:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS13-032

Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2013-1282

Source

Microsoft