Intrusion PreventionMS.Windows.SMTP.Component.DNS.Mail.Exchanger.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) component.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially crafted DNS Mail Exchanger (MX) resource record. It allows a remote attacker to cause the SMTP service to stop responding until restarted.
Affected Products
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Impact
Denial of service
Recommended Actions
Apply the patch supplied by the vendor:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-024.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 20893 |
| Created | Apr 14, 2010 |
| Updated | Feb 24, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2010-0024 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 1.8% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |