(MS13-066) Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Information Disclosure (2873872)

  Severity: HIGH
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-3185
  Advisory Date: AUG 27, 2013

  DESCRIPTION

This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS). The vulnerability could reveal information pertaining to the service account used by AD FS. An attacker could then attempt logons from outside the corporate network, which would result in account lockout of the service account used by AD FS if an account lockout policy has been configured. This would result in denial of service for all applications relying on the AD FS instance.

  SOLUTION

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Active Directory Federation Services 2.1
  • Active Directory Federation Services 2.0
  • Active Directory Federation Services 1.x

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