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Microsoft Windows DNS Client Service Response Spoofing Vulnerability (945553)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
8.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS08-020.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to the Windows DNS client using predictable transaction IDs in outgoing queries and can be exploited to poison the DNS cache when the transaction ID is guessed.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows 2K/XP/2003/Vista
Solution
Solution
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.