| CVE-2020-0836 | Date: (C)2020-09-09 (M)2024-04-23 |
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows DNS when it fails to properly handle queries. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the DNS service to become nonresponsive.
To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker could send malicious DNS queries to a target, resulting in a denial of service.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows DNS processes queries.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.5 | CVSS Score : 5.0 |
| Exploit Score: 3.9 | Exploit Score: 10.0 |
| Impact Score: 3.6 | Impact Score: 2.9 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: NONE |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: NONE |
| Confidentiality: NONE | Availability: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: NONE | |
| Availability: HIGH | |
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