Patch Name | DirectX80-KB839643-x86-ENU.EXE | ||||||||||
Patch Description | Update for the IDirectPlay4 API of Microsoft DirectX 8.0x (DirectPlay) (KB839643) | ||||||||||
Bulletin Id | MS04-016 | ||||||||||
Bulletin Title | Vulnerability in DirectPlay Could Allow Denial of Service (839643) | ||||||||||
Severity | Moderate | ||||||||||
Location Path | DirectX80-KB839643-x86-ENU.EXE | ||||||||||
Bulletin Summary | This update resolves a newly-discovered- privately reported vulnerability. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the implementation of the IDirectPlay4 application programming interface (API) of Microsoft DirectPlay because of a lack of robust packet validation. The vulnerability is documented in the Vulnerability Details section of this bulletin. | ||||||||||
Superceding Bulletin Id | None | ||||||||||
Patch Release Date | Jun 8, 2004 | ||||||||||
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