CVE-2013-3868 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services via a crafted LDAP query.
- 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-2013-3868?
CVE-2013-3868 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 11 Sep 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) on Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8 and Active Directory Services on Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (LDAP directory-service outage) via a crafted LDAP query, aka "Remote Anonymous DoS Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3868?
It affects 6 products.
Products include Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Vista.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3868?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3868 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-2013-3868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vj9r-5x9p-j6m6.