PT-2020-3990 · Microsoft · Windows Dns+1

Published 2020-09-08 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-1228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Windows DNS (affected versions not specified)

Description: A denial of service issue exists due to improper handling of queries by Windows DNS. An attacker could exploit this by sending malicious DNS queries, causing the DNS service to become nonresponsive. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not available. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations: To resolve the issue, apply the update that corrects how Windows DNS processes queries. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04384

CVE-2020-1228

Affected Products

Windows

Windows Dns

References · 8

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04384 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2020-1228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1228 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1228 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1228 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1228 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020090817 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.160920 · Note