CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3644

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in the PNP_GetDeviceList (upnp_getdevicelist) function in UPnP for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) through excessive memory consumption. The attack involves sending a DCE RPC request with a large output buffer size.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves the possibility of remotely overloading system memory, leading to a crash or significant slowdown of the UPnP service, and consequently the entire operating system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply the appropriate security patches released by Microsoft for Windows 2000 and Windows XP, and also consider disabling the UPnP service if it is not necessary in the production environment.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

PNP_GetDeviceList (upnp_getdevicelist) in UPnP for Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a DCE RPC request that specifies a large output buffer size, a variant of CVE-2006-6296, and a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2120.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS