CVE-2007-1748

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in the Domain Name System (DNS) Server Service in Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP 4, Server 2003 SP 1, and Server 2003 SP 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long zone name containing character constants represented by escape sequences.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 84.06% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24871 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465863/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/935964.mspx vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23470 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33629 vdb entry
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/04/12/microsoft-security-advisory-935964-posted.aspx
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017910 vdb entry
http://metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/dcerpc/msdns_zonename.rb
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1366 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1228 signature vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-103A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555920 third party advisory us government resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-029 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1748?
CVE-2007-1748 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1748?
To fix CVE-2007-1748, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1748 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-1748 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~84% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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