CVE-2013-3869 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows via crafted X.509 certificates in web-service requests, affecting system availability.
- 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-2013-3869?
CVE-2013-3869 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 13 Nov 2013. 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, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a web-service request containing a crafted X.509 certificate that is not properly handled during validation, aka "Digital Signatures Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3869?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Rt, Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3869?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3869 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-2013-3869 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3869 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8j8m-vwmq-rf2f.