CVE-2007-3028 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Windows Active Directory LDAP service via crafted requests.

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-2007-3028?

CVE-2007-3028 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LDAP service in Windows Active Directory in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4 does not properly check "the number of convertible attributes", which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service unavailability) via a crafted LDAP request, related to "client sent LDAP request logic," aka "Windows Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability". NOTE: this is probably a different issue than CVE-2007-0040.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3028?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3028?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3028 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-2007-3028 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3028 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hcvg-3vrp-pjx9.

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