Vulnerability CVE-2016-0050
Published: 2016-02-10

Description:
Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS authentication outage) via crafted requests, aka "Network Policy Server RADIUS Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034986
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-021
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top