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MS08-036 – Important: Vulnerabilities in Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) Could Allow Denial of Service (950762) - Version:1.1

Posted on 18 February 2010

Severity Rating: Important - Revision Note: V1.1 (February 17, 2010): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 950762 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.Summary: This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in the Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) protocol that could allow a denial of service if malformed PGM packets are received by an affected system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a user’s system to become non-responsive and to require a restart to restore functionality. Note that the denial of service vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate their user rights, but it could cause the affected system to stop accepting requests.

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