DHCP Client Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attacker must inject themselves into the logical network path between the target and the resource requested by the victim to read or modify network communications. This is called a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
According to the CVSS score, the attack vector is adjacent (AV:A). What does this mean for this vulnerability? This attack is limited to systems connected to the same network segment as the attacker. The attack cannot be performed across multiple networks (for example, a WAN) and would be limited to systems on the same network switch or virtual network.
🎯 Affected products4
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based Systems
- Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based Systems
- Windows Server 2025
- Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
✅ Remediation
KB5051987 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.26100.3194 KB5052105 (SecurityHotpatchUpdate) — fixed build 10.0.26100.3107