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CVE-2004-0116 (GCVE-0-2004-0116)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-04-16 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
An Activation function in the RPCSS Service involved with DCOM activation for Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an activation request with a large length field.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-115.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://secunia.com/advisories/11065/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10127 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/417052 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_EEYE
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2004/Apr/1009758.html vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2004-04-13 00:00
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