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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS08-036 Vulnerabilities in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Denial of Service (950762) Microsoft Windows Critical 11-06-2008

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A denial of service vulnerability exists in implementations of the Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol on Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Detailed Information on the risk:
The vulnerability is due to improper validation of specially crafted PGM packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the computer to become non-responsive and require a restart to restore functionality.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS08-036

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Vista x64 Edition
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 1