SB2020011437 - Denial of service in Microsoft Hyper-V
Published: January 14, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020011437
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0617)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual PCI on a host server does not properly validate input. A local administrator, running as a virtual machine, can run a specially crafted application and crash a host machine.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.