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CVE-2020-1228

Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Summary

<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>

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Microsoft Windows Server version 2004

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

    From 10.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1

    From 6.1.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.0.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012

    From 6.2.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.2.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

    From 6.3.0

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)

    From 6.3.0

References 1

portal.msrc.microsoft.com