National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5614

Overview

Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Components (ipnathlp.dll) on Windows XP SP2, when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (svchost.exe crash) via a malformed DNS query, which results in a null pointer dereference.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22592

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22592

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 2672

Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2672

External Source: XF

Name: win-ipnathlp-dos(29917)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29917

External Source: BID

Name: 20804

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20804

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 30096

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/30096

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4248

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4248

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017133

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017133

External Source: MISC

Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html

Hyperlink:http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20061028.html