Windows DNS Server is a core networking component that can be used to connect to other computers. A wormable vulnerability exists in the Windows DNS Server that could allow an attacker to spread malware between vulnerable computers without user interaction. If this vulnerability is not addressed soon, it could pose a serious threat to users’ security and privacy.
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Check Point researchers discovered a Critical Windows DNS Server vulnerability in May that could allow an attacker to take control of a Windows server. If left untreated, this could lead to an attack.
Microsoft has not found anything strange happening to the servers because of this flaw, according to them.
Windows Server patches are available today on all supported versions of Windows, so it is important for system administrators to patch the servers as soon as possible to prevent notorious elements from exploiting this flaw.
A DNS server breach is a serious thing, warns Omri Herscovici, Check Point’s vulnerability research team leader. There are only a handful of these vulnerability types ever released. Every organization, big or small using Microsoft infrastructure is at major security risk, if left unpatched. The risk would be a complete breach of the entire corporate network. This vulnerability has been in Microsoft code for more than 17 years; so if we found it, it is not impossible to assume that someone else already found it as well.
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Microsoft is sending a registry-based workaround to protect against the vulnerability if admins can’t reach to the patch servers quickly.
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