Vulnerability Name:

CCN-12187

Published:2003-06-03
Updated:2003-06-03
Summary:Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the gethostbyaddr() function. The gethostbyaddr() function returns the host name of the Internet host, which is specified by the ip_address parameter. A remote attacker could cause h_name, which is the name of the Internet host, to reference a NULL pointer, which would cause the program to crash.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: NTBugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jun 03 2003 - 03:59:34 CDT
Windows 2003/XP gethostbyaddr() NULL h_name pointer

Source: CCN
Type: NTBugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jun 04 2003 - 00:43:33 CDT
Re: Windows 2003/XP gethostbyaddr() NULL h_name pointer

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
winxp-gethostbyaddr-dos(12187)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft windows xp - sp1