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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-38036
CVE-2022-38036:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The CVE-2022-38036 is an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability that affects Microsoft Windows systems. The vulnerability was first published on October 11, 2022, and affects Windows 11 (ARM64 and x64 versions) and Windows Server 2022 systems (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high availability impact (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability primarily affects system availability through denial of service attacks. When successfully exploited, it can disrupt the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol operations, potentially leading to service interruptions (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through KB5018418 for Windows 11 and KB5018421 for Windows Server 2022 (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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