CVE-2012-0006 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2012-0006?

CVE-2012-0006 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 13 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0006?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2012-0006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003

• CVE-2011-2005 Microsoft Ancillary Function Driver (afd.sys) Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-3863 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3181 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-0077 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2012-0009 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.3

All Microsoft Windows Server 2003 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j6f6-v4xg-2w4p.