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CVE-2017-0057

Published: Mar 17, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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."

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft Corporation

Windows dnsclient

affected
Windows 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

References

96695
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1038001
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK

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