Signature Detail

APP: Microsoft DirectPlay DoS

This signature detects attempts to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft DirectPlay. Attackers can send a malformed DirectPlay packet to a user to cause the user's game to be unable to send or receive gameplay updates; the user must restart the application.

Extended Description

Microsoft DirectX DirectPlay is affected by a remote denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the affected library to properly handle malformed network data. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause an application using the affected DirectPlay library to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Affected Products

• Microsoft DirectX 7.0
• Microsoft DirectX 7.0 a
• Microsoft DirectX 7.1
• Microsoft DirectX 8.0
• Microsoft DirectX 8.0 a
• Microsoft DirectX 8.1
• Microsoft DirectX 8.1 a
• Microsoft DirectX 8.1 b
• Microsoft DirectX 8.2
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 a
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0b
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP4
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP3
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP4
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98SE
• Microsoft Windows ME
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003 SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition Version 2003
• Microsoft Windows XP Home SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Home
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP1
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

References

• BugTraq: 10487
• CVE: CVE-2004-0202
• URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-016.mspx
• URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10487