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CVE-2012-0006

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

3 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -