Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Printing Service denial of service
| win-tcpip-printing-dos (4203) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
In Windows 2000, Printing Services for Unix is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.A remote attacker can send a malformed print request to port 515 to cause the printing service, as well as other related services, to fail. The service must be restarted to resume normal operation.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-021, MS01-033, MS01-041 or MS01-044. See References.
For Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition:
Microsoft originally provided a patch for this vulnerability in MS00-021, but it has been superseded by the patch released with MS01-033, and then superseded by the patch released with MS02-018. See References.
For Windows NT 4.0:
Microsoft originally provided patches for this vulnerability in MS00-021, MS01-033, MS01-041, and MS02-001, but they have been superseded by the Security Roll-up patch released with MS02-018. See References.
For Windows 2000:
Microsoft originally provided a patch for this vulnerability in MS01-033, but it has been superseded by the patch released with MS02-001. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Mar 30 2000 - 12:48:09 CST: Remote DoS Attack in Windows 2000/NT 4.0 TCP/IP Print Request Server Vulnerability.
- Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 257870: Malformed Print Request May Stop Windows 2000 TCP/IP Printing Service.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-021: Patch Available for "Malformed TCP/IP Print Request" Vulnerability.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-033: Unchecked Buffer in Index Server ISAPI Extension Could Enable Web Server Compromise.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-041: Malformed RPC Request Can Cause Service Failure.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-044: 15 August 2001 Cumulative Patch for IIS.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-001: Trusting Domains Do Not Verify Domain Membership of SIDs in Authorization Data.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-018: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (Q319733).
- Neohapsis Archives: Remote DoS Attack in Windows 2000/NT 4.0 TCP/IP Print Request Server Vulnerability. (From Neohapsis archive)
- Underground Security Systems Research advisory USSR-2000037: Remote DoS Attack in Windows 2000/NT 4.0 TCP/IP Print Request Server Vulnerability.
- BID-1082: NT / Windows 2000 TCP/IP Printing Service DoS Vulnerability
- CVE-2000-0232: Microsoft TCP/IP Printing Services, aka Print Services for Unix, allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a malformed TCP/IP print request.
- OSVDB ID: 1268: Microsoft Windows TCP/IP Printing Service DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server
Reported:
Mar 30, 2000
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