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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2007.0765 -- [Win] MS07-058 - Vulnerability in RPC Could Allow Denial of Service 10 October 2007 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: Windows Vista Windows Server 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 Publisher: Microsoft Operating System: Windows Impact: Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2007-2228 Original Bulletin: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-058.mspx - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-058 - Important Vulnerability in RPC Could Allow Denial of Service (933729) Affected Software - Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 - Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition - Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 - Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems - Windows Vista - Windows Vista x64 Edition Vulnerability Details RPC Authentication Vulnerability Could Allow Denial of Service - CVE-2007-2228 A denial of service vulnerability exists in the remote procedure call (RPC) facility due to a failure in communicating with the NTLM security provider when performing authentication of RPC requests. An anonymous attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC authentication request to a computer over the network. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the computer to stop responding and automatically restart. Workarounds for RPC Authentication Vulnerability Could Allow Denial of Service - CVE-2007-2228 - Block the following at the firewall: - UDP ports 135, 137, 138, and 445, and TCP ports 135, 139, 445, and 593 - All unsolicited inbound traffic on ports greater than 1024 - Any other specifically configured RPC port - To help protect from network-based attempts to exploit this vulnerability, use a personal firewall, such as Windows Firewall, which is included with Windows XP and with Windows Server 2003. - To help protect from network-based attempts to exploit this vulnerability, enable advanced TCP/IP filtering on systems that support this feature. - To help protect from network-based attempts to exploit this vulnerability, block the affected ports by using IPSec on the affected systems. - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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