CVE-2004-0899 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the Windows DHCP Server service via malformed messages when logging is enabled, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2004-0899?

CVE-2004-0899 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 15 Dec 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The DHCP Server service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Terminal Server Edition, with DHCP logging enabled, does not properly validate the length of certain messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed DHCP message, aka "Logging Vulnerability."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0899?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2004-0899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8837-mqmw-p5pc.

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