#VU3050 Denial of service in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services - CVE-2010-1264
Published: December 30, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU3050
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-1264
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
Software vendor:
Microsoft
Microsoft
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause denial of service condition.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in Microsoft SharePoint when processing specially crafted requests to the help page. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and cause the application to stop responding.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will allow and attacker to cause the web server to become non-responsive until the associated application pool is restarted.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (32-bit versions)
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3841ceda-d0af-4e5e-8a1a-7dd954850783
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions)
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94bc76d4-78e4-4bda-8922-36c3a9d3854f
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (32-bit versions)
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3841ceda-d0af-4e5e-8a1a-7dd954850783
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (64-bit versions)
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94bc76d4-78e4-4bda-8922-36c3a9d3854f