<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p>
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| Description | <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p> | <p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.</p> |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T06:31:59.658Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1228
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:19.887
Modified: 2026-02-23T18:24:00.587
Link: CVE-2020-1228
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