CVE-2008-6194

Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-02-19

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected products

• Windows (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491815/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491831/100/0/threaded