Memory leak in Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) by creating security contexts more quickly than they can be cleared from the RPC cache.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows_xp | Microsoft | * | * |
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/13020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890196
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/windows-wmi-rpc.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/13020
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13801