CVE-1999-0288

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

The WINS server in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 before SP4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) via invalid UDP frames to port 137 (NETBIOS Name Service), as demonstrated via a flood of random packets.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 26 years ago

1998-08-01 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-05-03 01:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3

4.0

References

http://safenetworks.com/Windows/wins.html

nt-winsupd-fix(1233)

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