CVE-2005-2307 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Local attackers can crash the Network Connections Service by passing a large integer to a specific function in netman.dll.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2005-2307?

CVE-2005-2307 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 19 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

netman.dll in Microsoft Windows Connections Manager Library allows local users to cause a denial of service (Network Connections Service crash) via a large integer argument to a particular function, aka "Network Connection Manager Vulnerability."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2307?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2307?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2307 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-2005-2307 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2307 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jcc9-rcf7-5gjc.

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