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MS.Windows.LSASS.Remote.Buffer.Overflow

Release Date

Oct 26, 2011

Severity

high

Impact

System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.

Description

This indicates an attempt to exploit a Buffer Overrun vulnerability in Microsoft's Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS).

LSASS is a Windows security and authentication interface. Due to inadequate boundary checking, an attacker can send a specially crafted message to a target computer to execute arbitrary code.

Affected Products

Microsoft Windows 2000, 2003 and XP.

Recommended Actions

Apply the patch, available from the web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS04-011.mspx

Coverage

IPS
VCM

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

CVE-2003-0533

Reference/s

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx (MS-ID)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10108 (BugTraq)

Reference: VID-29812