CVE-2016-3226 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Active Directory by creating excessive machine accounts.
- 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-2016-3226?
CVE-2016-3226 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 16 Jun 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service hang) by creating many machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3226?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
How do I fix CVE-2016-3226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3226 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-2016-3226 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3226 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x67x-54j5-hmqx.