CVE-2012-0006

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 31.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-03-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The DNS server in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1 does not properly handle objects in memory during record lookup, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon restart) via a crafted query, aka "DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2

References

http://osvdb.org/80005
http://secunia.com/advisories/48394
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026789
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-017
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15098
http://osvdb.org/80005
http://secunia.com/advisories/48394
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026789
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-073A.html

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