CVE-2009-3675 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service via CPU exhaustion in LSASS by sending malformed ISAKMP requests over IPsec.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2009-3675?

CVE-2009-3675 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 9 Dec 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

LSASS.exe in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed ISAKMP request over IPsec, aka "Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3675?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3675?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3675 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-2009-3675 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3675 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3v2j-hm2p-q5qg.

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