A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows Vista, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the TCP/IP stack when processing specially crafted packets received from DHCP servers, which could be exploited by attackers to remotely cause an affected system to stop responding and automatically restart, creating a denial of service condition [...]
Solution
Apply patch for Microsoft Windows Vista :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8ce9608b-7049-47cd-adc4-22a803877d33
Apply patch for Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d7b9c3d1-9c23-4e05-bac6-d0b327feaf53
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Tomas Potok, Martin Dominik, Martin Luptak and Eva Juhasova (Whitestein).
ChangeLog
2008-02-12 : Initial release
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