Microsoft NetMeeting Desktop Sharing Vulnerable to DoS Attack

Reported October 13, 2000 by Microsoft

VERSIONS AFFECTED

DESCRIPTIONMicrosoft has released a security bulletin and patch to address a denial of service attack that can be performed on Microsoft NetMeeting.

DEMONSTRATION

A malicious client could remotely send a malformed string to a port which the NetMeeting service is listening on and with remote desktop sharing enabled.  

VENDOR RESPONSE

Microsoft has released a security bulletin, CREDITDiscovered by Kirk Corey