First published: Mon Jun 05 2000(Updated: )
Windows NT and Windows 2000 hosts allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via malformed DCE/RPC SMBwriteX requests that contain an invalid data length.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows NT | =4.0 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | ||
=4.0 |
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The severity of CVE-2000-0544 is considered high due to its ability to cause denial of service on affected systems.
To fix CVE-2000-0544, it is recommended to apply all available security updates and patches from Microsoft.
CVE-2000-0544 affects Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems.
CVE-2000-0544 involves a denial of service attack facilitated by malformed DCE/RPC SMBwriteX requests.
Yes, CVE-2000-0544 can be exploited remotely by an attacker to disrupt service on affected hosts.