CVE-2004-0899 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the DHCP Server service of Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Terminal Server Edition when DHCP logging is enabled. Attackers can exploit this by sending a malformed DHCP message, causing the application to crash due to improper message length validation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network-based attack vector requiring low complexity and no authentication, leading to a partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:terminal_server:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.