CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1966
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly handle NAPTR queries that trigger recursive processing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted query, aka "DNS NAPTR Query Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-058 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12764 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-221A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-058 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12764 oval.cisecurity.org