Severity: : High
  CVE Kennungen: : CVE-2011-0040
  Advisory Date: 10 de февраля de 2011

  DESCRIPTION

This security update addresses a vulnerability in Active Directory, which could allow denial of service if an attacker sent a specially crafted packet to an affected Active Directory server. However, the attacker needs to have valid local administrator privileges on the domain-joined computer to successfully carry out the attack. More specifically, this update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that the Active Directory server handles service principal name (SPN) update requests.

  INFORMATION EXPOSURE

For information on patches specific to the affected software, please proceed to the Microsoft Web page.

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION:

  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems