CVE-2005-1979

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 32.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and exit) via an "unexpected protocol command during the reconnection request," which is not properly handled by the Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) functionality.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 64-bit, itanium, r2, sp1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17161
http://secunia.com/advisories/17172
http://secunia.com/advisories/17223
http://secunia.com/advisories/17509
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015037
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=320&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15058
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1134
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1283
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1338

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