CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
95.1%
The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability due to the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly allocating memory for incoming ICMPv6 packets. An attacker could use a specially crafted ICMPv6 packet to exploit this vulnerability and cause a target system to stop responding until it is restarted.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(72429);
script_version("1.10");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/26");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0254");
script_bugtraq_id(65409);
script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS14-006");
script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"2904659");
script_name(english:"MS14-006: Vulnerability in ICMPv6 Could Allow Denial of Service (2904659)");
script_summary(english:"Checks version of tcpip.sys");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service
vulnerability due to the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly allocating
memory for incoming ICMPv6 packets. An attacker could use a specially
crafted ICMPv6 packet to exploit this vulnerability and cause a target
system to stop responding until it is restarted.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2014/ms14-006");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 8 and Server
2012.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2014-0254");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/02/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/02/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:microsoft:windows");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("smb_hotfixes.nasl", "ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl");
script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc");
include("smb_hotfixes.inc");
include("smb_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
bulletin = 'MS14-006';
kb = "2904659";
kbs = make_list(kb);
if (get_kb_item("Host/patch_management_checks")) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
get_kb_item_or_exit("SMB/WindowsVersion", exit_code:1);
if (hotfix_check_sp_range(win8:'0') <= 0) audit(AUDIT_OS_SP_NOT_VULN);
rootfile = hotfix_get_systemroot();
if (!rootfile) exit(1, "Failed to get the system root.");
share = hotfix_path2share(path:rootfile);
if (!is_accessible_share(share:share)) audit(AUDIT_SHARE_FAIL, share);
if (
# Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012
hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.2", sp:0, file:"tcpip.sys", version:"6.2.9200.20867", min_version:"6.2.9200.20000", dir:"\system32\drivers", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb) ||
hotfix_is_vulnerable(os:"6.2", sp:0, file:"tcpip.sys", version:"6.2.9200.16754", min_version:"6.2.9200.16000", dir:"\system32\drivers", bulletin:bulletin, kb:kb)
)
{
set_kb_item(name:"SMB/Missing/"+bulletin, value:TRUE);
hotfix_security_hole();
hotfix_check_fversion_end();
exit(0);
}
else
{
hotfix_check_fversion_end();
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}