SB2018021318 - Denial of service in SMB client implementation in Microsoft Windows
Published: February 13, 2018 Updated: January 10, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018021318
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-2018-0833)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within Microsoft Server Message Block 2.0 and 3.0 (SMBv2/SMBv3) client, when processing SMB requests. A remote attacker can make the vulnerable system to connect to a malicious SMB serverand perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.