A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a DHCP server. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP servers handle network packets.
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
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| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1213 | patch vendor advisory |