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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS12-069 Vulnerability in Kerberos Could Allow Denial of Service (2743555) Windows 7 Important 10-10-2012

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow denial of service if a remote attacker sends a specially crafted session request to the Kerberos server.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Kerberos implementation fails to properly handle a specially crafted session. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the system to stop responding and restart.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS12-069

Affected Software

Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)