CVE-2009-1139 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Active Directory LDAP services via crafted OID filters, requiring patches for Windows servers.
- 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-2009-1139?
CVE-2009-1139 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in the LDAP service in Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Server 2003 SP2, and Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) on Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and service outage) via (1) LDAP or (2) LDAPS requests with unspecified OID filters, aka "Active Directory Memory Leak Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1139?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Adam, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
How do I fix CVE-2009-1139?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-1139 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-2009-1139 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1139 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w4vc-26qw-m4wv.