National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0025

Overview

The SMTP component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Exchange Server 2000 SP3, does not properly allocate memory for SMTP command replies, which allows remote attackers to read fragments of e-mail messages by sending a series of invalid commands and then sending a STARTTLS command, aka "SMTP Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-103A

Name: TA10-103A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-024

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-024.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 39253

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/39253

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12175

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12175

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12175

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12175