SB2017080810 - Denial of service in Microsoft Windows RDP
Published: August 8, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017080810
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8673)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when processing RDP requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted RDP packets to the vulnerable system and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.