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CVE-2008-0084 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TCP/IP support in Microsoft Windows Vista allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (hang and restart) via a crafted DHCP packet.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Solution

Apply patches. Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8ce9608b-7049-47cd-adc4-22a803877d33 Windows Vista x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=d7b9c3d1-9c23-4e05-bac6-d0b327feaf53

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120361015026386&w=2 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/28828 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27634 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019383 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0506/references CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-004 CVE, Microsoft Corporation
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5240 CVE, Microsoft Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0084
NVD Published Date:
02/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Microsoft Corporation