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Vulnerability Assessment Details

MSDTC denial of service by flooding with nul bytes

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
crash the MSDTC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It was possible to crash the MSDTC service by sending
20200 nul bytes.

Solution : Read the MS02-018 bulletin
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-018.mspx

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 4006

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi

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