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CVE-2006-0988

N/A

Published: March 3, 2006 at 11:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorWindows 2000Windows 2003 ServerWindows Nt

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 60%

Description

The default configuration of the DNS Server service on Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000, and the Microsoft DNS Server service on Windows NT 4.0, allows recursive queries and provides additional delegation information to arbitrary IP addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed source IP addresses.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows 2000 · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Windows 2003 Server · Microsoft

95%

Windows Nt · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf

References (3)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://dns.measurement-factory.com/surveys/sum1.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426368/100/0/threaded

x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/DNS-recursion121605.pdf

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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