National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0657
Original release date:04/13/2011
Last revised:10/05/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
DNSAPI.dll in the DNS client in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly process DNS queries, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted LLMNR broadcast query or (2) a crafted application, aka "DNS Query Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA11-102A
Name: TA11-102A
External Source: MS
Name: MS11-030
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0948
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1025332
External Source: BID
Name: 47242
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 44161
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11902
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 71780
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11902
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5