CVE-2023-36581
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)
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Summary
CVE-2023-36581 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ). If exploited, an attacker could cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted messages to a vulnerable MSMQ server. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation, allowing an attacker to trigger the issue remotely. Successful exploitation could lead to the MSMQ server becoming unresponsive and unavailable to users, potentially causing significant disruption to organizations relying on MSMQ for messaging services. Microsoft has released a patch to mitigate the issue, and it is strongly recommended that affected organizations apply the update as soon as possible.
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