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CVE-2005-1979
Distributed Transaction Controller in Microsoft Windows allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (MSDTC service exception and…
Medium5.0EPSS 32.8%
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- microsoft
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 32.8% · top 1.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- 17161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1134 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS05-051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1015037 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-214.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051011 Microsoft Distributed Transaction Controller TIP DoS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 17172 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:686 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17509 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .