SB2019121009 - Denial of service in Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)
Published: December 10, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121009
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1453)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation. A remote attacker can send specially crafted requests to the affected system and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.