vulnerability

MS16-021: Security Update for NPS RADIUS Server to Address Denial of Service (3133043)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 9, 2016
Added
Feb 9, 2016
Modified
Jun 26, 2020

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when a Network Policy Server (NPS) improperly handles a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) authentication request. An unauthenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could send specially crafted username strings to a Network Policy Server (NPS) causing a denial of service condition for RADIUS authentication on the NPS.

Solutions

WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-021-15df6c3c-c3be-4572-bcd7-24634aef06d7WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-021-1bc49ccc-409b-4d07-93b7-cea850ea0d78WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-021-9cb425a1-5bac-4615-9e29-b3f3162ae5f0WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-021-ae218b3d-6d04-47ac-8ac4-54e1aaa944c8WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-021-c29b95af-fc89-4ead-b673-b8fab9f64bfc
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