CVE-2019-1213 Windows DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1213?

CVE-2019-1213 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 14 Aug 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a DHCP server. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP servers handle network packets.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1213?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1213?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-1213 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-1213 exists.

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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
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Also known as GHSA-7j2x-4f39-6gwm.