CVE-2006-6296

Severity

61%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

115%

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.1. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 18 years ago

2006-12-05 11:28:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 tablet_pc

References

http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html

23196

Vendor Advisory

1017330

http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116

VU#914617

US Government Resource

21401

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

ADV-2006-4827

Vendor Advisory

windows-printspooler-dos(30717)

2879

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