CVE-2017-0171 Denial of service in Windows DNS Server

What is CVE-2017-0171?

CVE-2017-0171 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 12 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows DNS Server allows a denial of service vulnerability when Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows Server 2016 are configured to answer version queries, aka "Windows DNS Server Denial of Service Vulnerability".

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0171?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0171?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-0171 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-2017-0171 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2008

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• CVE-2011-1966 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-0239 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-0240 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows Server 2008 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rj85-q8wm-7qhg.