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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-032 Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Lead to Denial of Service (2830914) Windows XP Important 10-04-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Active Directory. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a specially crafted query to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) service.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A denial of service vulnerability exists in implementations of Active Directory that could cause the service to stop responding. The vulnerability is caused when the LDAP service fails to handle a specially crafted query.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-032

Affected Software

Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)