Ghost Domain Names Attack: DNS Resolver Vulnerability in Windows Server 2008

CVE-2012-1194 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

The resolver in the DNS Server service in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 before R2 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

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