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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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CVE-2005-1979 Detail

Description

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17161 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/17509 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015037 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=320&type=vulnerabilities CVE, Microsoft Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15058 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-051 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1134 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1283 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1338 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1513 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1550 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A686 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1979
NVD Published Date:
10/12/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation