Microsoft KB Archive/315092

= An Attack on Port 1720 May Cause NetMeeting to Refuse Incoming Connections =

Article ID: 315092

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft NetMeeting 3.01 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q315092



SYMPTOMS
An attack on port 1720 may cause NetMeeting to refuse incoming connections after more than approximately 200 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections are opened. If you apply the fix that is mentioned in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, this problem is not resolved:

273854 MS00-077: Denial of Service Can Occur with Microsoft NetMeeting



CAUSE
This problem occurs because of the way that NetMeeting handles TCP connections in the Callcont.dll dynamic link library.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: kbSecurity kbAppCompat

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbappcompatibility kbenv kbsecurity kbwin2ksp4fix KB315092

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