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MS00-077: Denial-of-Service Attack on Port 1720 May Cause a Memory Leak in Conf.exeArticle ID: 299796 - View products that this article applies to. This article was previously published under Q299796 SYMPTOMS
A port attack on port 1720, which is used by the Microsoft NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) process, may cause a memory leak. When this occurs, Conf.exe consumes all available memory and 50 percent of the CPU usage.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910
The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/
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How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
Date Time Version Size File name ---------------------------------------------------- 5/24/2001 01:45p 4.4.0.3385 392,976 Callcont.dll STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this problem may cause a degree of security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3. MORE INFORMATION
For more information about this vulnerability, see the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-077.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-077.mspx)
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