CVE-2008-1441 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system hang in Windows via malformed PGM packets, requiring OS patches to mitigate.
- 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-2008-1441?
CVE-2008-1441 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 12 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a series of Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) packets with invalid fragment options, aka the "PGM Malformed Fragment Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1441?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1441?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1441 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-2008-1441 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1441 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cf3c-47qx-3293.