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LAND attack vulnerability on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

From: James Rankin (james_rankinHUNTSMAN.COM)
Date: Tue Mar 08 2005 - 07:25:36 CST

A LAND attack vulnerability has been highlighted in Windows XP and Windows
Server 2003 by Dejan Levaja

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/392354

It was later highlighted by CA as a High risk

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=32520

There has been no vendor response to this as yet. Initial testing suggests
it works with mixed results on 2003 and XP SP2.

JR

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