SB2018091304 - Denial of service when processing SMB requests in Microsoft Windows
Published: September 13, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018091304
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) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8335)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing SMB requests. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted SMB request to the affected system and make the system to stop accepting further SMB requests, triggering a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.