CVE Number | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
MS08-020 | Vulnerability in DNS Client Could Allow Spoofing (945553) | Microsoft Windows | Critical | 09-04-2008 |
Technical Information
Brief overview of the risk:
A spoofing vulnerability exists in Windows DNS clients.
Detailed Information on the risk:
The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to send malicious responses to DNS requests made by vulnerable clients, thereby spoofing or redirecting Internet traffic from legitimate locations.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS08-020
Affected Software
Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems and Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
Windows Vista x64 Edition
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2