CVE-2011-1970 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Windows Server 2008

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
54.8%
top 1.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Timeline
PublishedAug 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly initialize memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service outage) via a query for a nonexistent domain, aka "DNS Uninitialized Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-2hhh-gxpg-w8vr: The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly initialize memory, which allows remo↗2022-05-13
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2011-4612 icecast2: Newline injection in error.log↗2011-12-15
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