Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows PGM Handling
2006-09-19
Synopsis:
The Sourcefire VRT has learned of a vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Windows systems process Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) traffic.
Details:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-052
When hosts using certain versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system attempt to process PGM messages using the Microsoft Message Queuing Service (MSMQ), the system may be exposed to a buffer overflow condition. If the message contains more options than indicated in the packet header, a static buffer may be overflowed allowing an attacker to possibly execute code of their choosing on an affected host.
A shared object rule to detect attacks against this vulnerability is included in this rule pack and is identified as gid 3 sid 8351.
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