CVE-2005-1980

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.3% 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 hang) via a crafted Transaction Internet Protocol (TIP) message that causes DTC to repeatedly connect to a target IP and port number after an error occurs, aka the "Distributed TIP Vulnerability."

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=319&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15059
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1136
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1182
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1203

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