CVE-2010-3229 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a system reboot and LSASS outage via crafted TLS packets when IIS is used, requiring a security patch.
- 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-2010-3229?
CVE-2010-3229 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 13 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Secure Channel (aka SChannel) security package in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when IIS 7.x is used, does not properly process client certificates during SSL and TLS handshakes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (LSASS outage and reboot) via a crafted packet, aka "TLSv1 Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3229?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3229?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3229 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-2010-3229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-wqcx-hmmq-gx49.