Security Advisory

CVE-2020-16899

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-10-16 22:17:41
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:45:34
Assigner microsoft
State PUBLISHED

Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a target system to stop responding.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>

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