Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP Request Validation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability because Microsoft Active Directory and ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) fail to handle specially crafted Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) requests.

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected application to stop responding, denying further service to legitimate users.

Note that an attacker requires valid logon credentials to exploit this issue on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.

This issue affects Active Directory on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. The issue affects ADAM when installed on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.