National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6296

Overview

The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#914617

Name: VU#914617

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617

External Source: XF

Name: windows-printspooler-dos(30717)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30717

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4827

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4827

External Source: BID

Name: 21401

Type: Advisory; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21401

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116

Hyperlink:http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Research/Zero-Day-Tracker/2005/20051116

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017330

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017330

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23196

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23196

External Source: MISC

Name: http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html

Hyperlink:http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/20051116.html

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 2879

Hyperlink:http://milw0rm.com/exploits/2879