Intrusion PreventionLAN.Messenger.Malformed.Packet.Handling.DoS
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Denial of Service vulnerability in LAN Messenger.
The vulnerability is due to an error when the vulnerable software handles an overly long string in an initiation request. A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to cause a denial of service condition on the affected system.
Affected Products
LAN Messenger 1.2.28 and earlier versions
Impact
Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Currently we are unaware of any vendor supplied patch or updates available for this issue.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 37244 |
| Created | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Updated | Nov 03, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2012-3845 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 27.96% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |