CVE-2011-1970 (GCVE-0-2011-1970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-08-10 21:16 – Updated: 2024-08-06 22:46
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
Date Public
2011-08-09 00:00
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