CVE-2020-1228
Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.5%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
11 Sep 2020Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2012Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2016Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server 2019Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004