# CVE-2003-1544: Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cau

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-02-13 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.

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## References

- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7959
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164

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