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Title: Microsoft Windows TCP/IP ICMP Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

ICMP (Internet Control Management Protocol) is a TCP/IP communications protocol used primarily to send error messages related to network activity.

Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because the Windows kernel fails to sufficiently validate fragmented router advertisement ICMP requests that are processed by TCP/IP.

To leverage this issue, attackers submit specially crafted ICMP requests to vulnerable computers.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause affected computers to stop responding and to automatically restart. Successful attacks will deny service to legitimate users. The discoverer of this issue reports that code execution may also be possible, but this has not been confirmed.

NOTE: ICMP RDP (Router Discovery Protocol) must be enabled for this issue to occur. Router Discovery Processing is disabled by default on Microsoft Windows Server 2000. The option is also disabled by default on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, unless the host receives the 'perform router discovery' option from a DHCP server.

Affected Products:

• HP Storage Management Appliance 2.1
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 0.0.0
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition 0.0.0
• Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
• Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Home
• Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2

References:

• Avaya Inc.: ASA-2008-019: MS08-001 Vulnerabilities in Windows TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code
• IBM: Multiple (3) Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerabilit
• Microsoft: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-001
• Microsoft: Microsoft Windows Homepage
• Security Vulnerability Research & Defense: MS08-001 (part 2) – The case of the Moderate ICMP mitigations
• Security Vulnerability Research & Defense: MS08-001 - The case of the Moderate, Important, and Critical network vulnerabili

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