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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-0057: Windows DNS Query Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2017-0057: Windows DNS Query Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/14/2017
Modified
09/11/2024

Description

DNS client in Microsoft Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1; Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; and Windows Server 2016 fails to properly process DNS queries, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via (1) convincing a workstation user to visit an untrusted webpage or (2) tricking a server into sending a DNS query to a malicious DNS server, aka "Windows DNS Query Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4012606
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4013198
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4013429
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4012213
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4013429
  • msft-kb4012213-317ca43c-7dfe-4e04-8a21-2c6c4ab4fbb9
  • msft-kb4012213-5d351df3-6efb-4b17-93e0-b0e3a5babbc3

References

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