CVE-2011-1970

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

10/08/2011

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x32:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::x64:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003::sp2::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x32:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64:::::
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2::x64:::::

CVE-2011-1970

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools