CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1970
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer 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%3A12870 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%3A12870 oval.cisecurity.org