SB2018010403 - Denial of service in Microsoft Windows IPSec
Published: January 4, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010403
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) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0753)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.The vulnerability exists within Windows IPSec implementation when processing specially crafted network packets. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted packets to the affected system, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.