Description
Microsoft Windows Vista establishes a Teredo address without user action upon connection to the Internet, contrary to documentation that Teredo is inactive without user action, which increases the attack surface and allows remote attackers to communicate via Teredo.
References
- 33667 vdb-entry
- http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/reference/Vista_Network_Attack_Surface_RTM.pdf
- 20070313 New report on Windows Vista network attack surface mailing-list
- 20070403 Nine Vista CVEs, including Microsoft inaccurate Teredo use case documentation mailing-list
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/04/microsofts_inaccurate_teredo_d.html
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