This host is running Microsoft Windows Media Service and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.

Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause denial of service conditions. Impact Level: Application

Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms00-013

The handshake sequence between a Windows Media server and a Windows Media Player occurs in a particular order. If a series of client handshake packets are sent in a particular misordered sequence, with certain timing constraints, the server attempts to use a resource before it has been initialized causing the Windows Media Unicast Service to crash.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Windows Media Services 4.0 and 4.1

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];253943
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/fq00-013
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms00-013
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19759
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/4034

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Updated on 2015-03-25