Overview
Microsoft Windows Active Directory fails to properly validate client-sent LDAP requests and may result in a denial of service condition.
Description
Microsoft Windows Active Directory contains a vulnerability in the way that the LDAP service validates the number of convertible attributes in the client-sent request. By sending a specially crafted LDAP request to a server running Active Directory, an attacker may be able to cause the server to stop responding. |
Impact
A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial of service condition. |
Solution
Apply an Update Microsoft has released updates in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-039 to address this issue. |
Workaround
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-039. Microsoft credits Peter Winter-Smith of NGSSoftware for reporting the vulnerability to them.
This document was written by Katie Steiner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-3028 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.39 |
| Date Public: | 2007-07-10 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-07-11 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-07-11 20:13 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |