LDAP: Windows Active Directory Memory Leak Denial of Service

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Windows 2000 domain controllers. A successful attack can result in a server denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

Memory leak in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Server 2003 SP2, and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service outage) via (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS requests with unspecified OID filters, aka "Active Directory Memory Leak Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Microsoft windows_server_2003

References

CVE: CVE-2009-1138

Short Name
LDAP:OVERFLOW:DC-MEM-LEAK-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
LDAP
Keywords
Active CVE-2009-1138 CVE-2009-1139 Denial Directory Leak Memory Service Windows of
Release Date
06/09/2009
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

10.0

7.8

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