Intrusion PreventionMS.Windows.Vista.DHCP.DoS
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit a Denial-of-Service vulnerability in the DHCP service in Windows Vista.
An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by creating a specially crafted DHCP server that assigns the same broadcast IP address to multiple hosts. This will corrupt the network structure of the host, causing a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
Windows Vista
Windows Vista x64 Edition
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Refer to the vendor's web site for the suggested workaround:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-004
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| ID | 15399 |
| Created | Feb 13, 2008 |
| Updated | Aug 13, 2025 |
| CVE ID | |
| Risk |
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| Exploit Prediction Score | 76.39% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |
| Profile Type | DoS |