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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2016-12-05 | |
| Rule Name: | PROTOCOL-SMB Microsoft Windows LSASS Authenticate Message Denial of Service Vulnerability -2 (CVE-2016-7237) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted request, aka "Local Security Authority Subsystem Service Denial of Service Vulnerability." | |
| Impact: | An attacker can launch a denial of service attack by exploiting the vulnerability successfully. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:MS16-137 SecurityFocusBID:94040 SecurityTrackerID:1037249 |
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| Solutions |
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| Microsoft has released a patch MS16-137 to eliminate the vulnerability. The patch can be downloaded at http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-137 |