---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. This includes: * Reason for rating * Extended description * Extended solution * Exploit code or links to exploit code * Deep links Read the full description: http://corporate.secunia.com/products/48/?r=l Contact Secunia Sales for more information: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/15/?r=l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Microsoft Windows Internet Connection Sharing Denial of Service SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA22592 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/22592/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: DoS WHERE: >From local network OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition http://secunia.com/product/16/ Microsoft Windows XP Professional http://secunia.com/product/22/ DESCRIPTION: h07 has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference error in Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll). This can be exploited to crash the service via a specially crafted DNS query. Successful exploitation requires that Internet Connection Sharing is enabled and the query is received from a client on the shared network interface. The vulnerability is confirmed in a fully patched Windows XP SP2 system. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Use another way of sharing the Internet connection. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: h07 ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2672 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------