A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a memory allocation error when processing specially crafted UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) "GetDeviceList" requests via RPC (Remote Procedure Call), which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable system or cause the "services.exe" process to consume a large amount of system resources.
Note : On Windows 2000, a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability anonymously. On Windows XP Service Pack 1, an attacker must have valid logon credentials to exploit this vulnerability.
Note : A fully functional exploit has been released.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Winny Thomas
ChangeLog
2005-11-17 : Initial release
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