MS.Windows.SMTP.Component.DNS.Mail.Exchanger.DoS

Release Date Apr 14, 2010
Severity high
Impact Denial of service
Description This indicates an attack attempt against a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) component. The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially crafted DNS Mail Exchanger (MX) resource record. It allows a remote attacker to cause the SMTP service to stop responding until restarted.
Affected Products Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Recommended Actions Apply the patch supplied by the vendor: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-024.mspx
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2010-0024
Reference/s http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-024.mspx (MS-ID)

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