SB2017051003 - Denial of service in Microsoft Windows DNS Server
Published: May 10, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017051003
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0171)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS conditions on the target system.The weakness exists due to incorrect processing of malicious DNS queries by Windows DNS Server. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DNS queries and cause the cause the DNS Server service to become nonresponsive.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.