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Microsoft CVE-2020-16899: Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Microsoft CVE-2020-16899: Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

Published

10/13/2020

Created

10/14/2020

Added

10/13/2020

Modified

11/18/2021

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

Solution(s)

msft-kb4577668-79a95e38-d1bc-434b-8a49-eb0e05941333
msft-kb4577668-965a8ede-1eb7-46d6-83a6-7246ea98aae0
msft-kb4577668-b815915f-3e4f-46ae-adc9-b90cd4b04100
msft-kb4577671-4bc3ccc3-fcb0-4bbd-a2a5-cbbd40369d41
msft-kb4577671-60a68333-26ce-47b6-9254-89d69caedfdf
msft-kb4577671-a4f7dcc3-65f1-4a75-8635-ea596100c299
msft-kb4577671-c4223a46-1f35-41d8-ac8e-d2772d017f90
msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635
msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017
msft-kb4579311-d5cbc800-cb34-49c3-bde8-aa2f0ee05b2e
msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7af
msft-kb4579311-fa30a6bc-24ef-47b0-a6fa-d7971053e058
msft-kb4580328-ebb00bd7-bff6-4567-8b7c-300728513137
msft-kb4580328-f01aa891-eec2-4390-9974-dc226f4d6bf4
msft-kb4580330-c2c988c8-cbbe-4a10-a26f-365b656443f3
msft-kb4580330-fc2b1c51-dad6-4170-ba4d-85c43ed047d1

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2020-16899
CVE - 2020-16899
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