Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-6194 - Resource Management Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
microsoft
CWE-399

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Microsoft
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)