Remote Vista Denial of Service (DHCP Broadcast)

Notification Type: IBM Internet Security Systems Protection Alert
Notification Date: Feb. 12, 2008
Notification Version: 1.0
   
Name: Remote Vista Denial of Service (DHCP Broadcast)
Public disclosure/
In the wild date:		 Feb. 12, 2008 (vuln disclosure)
Aliases: MS08-004
CVE:

CVE-2008-0084
Description:

Microsoft Windows Vista is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an error in the Duplicate Address Detection logic used by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

 

ISS Coverage
Product Content Version
Network Sensor 7.0
Proventia A
Proventia IPS (G/GX)
Server Sensor 7.0
Proventia Multifunction Appliance
Proventia Server (Linux)		 XPU 28.020
Proventia Server (Windows)
Proventia Desktop		 2160
BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 cqv
Propagation Techniques ISS Protection Available
remote exploit DHCP_Broadcast_Assignment
 Feb 13, 2008

Detailed Description
Business Impact:

This denial of service takes down the entire operating system, so it is considered to be more critical than most denial of service issues that simply affect a service.  To be successful however, an attacker must set up a malicious DHCP server.

CVSS  for XFIDs 38721 and 38722: Base Score: 7.8
  Access Vector: Network
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: Complete
Adjusted Temporal Score: 5.8
  Exploitability: Unproven
Remediation Level: Official-Fix
Report Confidence: Confirmed
Affected Products: For a full list of affected versions, see references below.
Technical Description:

Microsoft Windows Vista is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by an error in the Duplicate Address Detection logic used by the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. By creating a malicious DHCP server and assigning identical broadcast IP addresses to multiple hosts, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a vulnerable system to stop responding and automatically reboot once the Duplicate Address Detection logic attempts to remove the duplicate broadcast IP from the IP route table.

Remediation:

Patches are available for this issue. See References for details.

References
XFDB http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/40098
Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-004.mspx

Revision History

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Initial publication.

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