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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-014 Vulnerability in NFS Server Could Allow Denial of Service (2790978) Windows Server Important 13-02-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker attempts a file operation on a read only share. An attacker who exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected system to stop responding and restart. The vulnerability only affects Windows servers with the NFS role enabled.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows NFS server fails to properly handle a file operation on a read-only share. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the affected system to stop responding and restart.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-014

Affected Software

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
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2012