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TITLE:
Windows Network Connections Service Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16065

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16065/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/22/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/product/20/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/product/21/

DESCRIPTION:
bkbll has discovered a vulnerability in Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in a function in
netman.dll when a large integer is supplied as argument.

Successful exploitation crashes the Network Connections Service.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in fully updated versions of
Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP2. Other versions may also be
affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
bkbll

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