Microsoft Windows up to Server 2019 DNS resource consumption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). Affected is some unknown processing of the component DNS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries, aka 'Windows DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

The weakness was shared 04/14/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-0993. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/15/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499. The advisory points out:

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.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 153268, 153267, 153266 and 153265 are related to this item.

Productinfo

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Operating System

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Windows

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License

commercial

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

04/14/2020 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-0993 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2020 10:35
Updated: 04/15/2020 10:40
Changes: 04/15/2020 10:35 (54), 04/15/2020 10:40 (17)
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