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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS08-003 Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Allow Denial of Service (946538) Microsoft Windows Critical 13-02-2008

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A denial of service vulnerability exists in implementations of Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The vulnerability also exists in implementations of Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) when installed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Detailed Information on the risk:
The vulnerability is due to improper validation of specially crafted LDAP requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the computer to stop responding and automatically restart.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS08-003

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 4
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems