CVE-2012-0006

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly handle objects in memory during record lookup, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted query, aka "DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability."

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly handle objects in memory during record lookup, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted query, aka "DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Windows Server

First reported 12 years ago

2012-03-13 21:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x86

Windows Server 2008 R2 for 32-bit Systems

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

r2

References

80005

48394

52374

1026789

TA12-073A

US Government Resource

MS12-017

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15098

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