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CVE-2008-6194 (GCVE-0-2008-6194)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-02-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:20
VLAI
Summary
Memory leak in the DNS server in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via DNS packets. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-3898.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491815/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491831/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2008-05-08 00:00
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