CVE-2006-1184 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator via malformed requests, causing denial of service on affected Windows systems.
- 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-2006-1184?
CVE-2006-1184 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 9 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) for Windows NT 4.0, 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a BuildContextW request with a large (1) UuidString or (2) GuidIn of a certain length, which causes an out-of-range memory access, aka the MSDTC Denial of Service Vulnerability. NOTE: this is a variant of CVE-2005-2119.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1184?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Nt, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1184?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1184 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-2006-1184 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1184 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2f5f-jxgm-vf88.