Windows Link Layer Topology Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Summary
Windows Link Layer Topology Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation); Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation).
What this means
In plain English
Windows Link Layer Topology Discovery Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Affected products named by the advisory: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1; Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation); Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation). Successful exploitation can let an attacker run code in the security context of the affected service or device.
Vulnerable items
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) — Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating-system family for identity, application and infrastructure workloads.
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) — Windows Server is Microsoft's server operating-system family for identity, application and infrastructure workloads.
Recommended action
Primary action: update to a vendor-listed fixed release: 6.1.7601.27170, 6.0.6003.22720.
Rewritten locally from the scraped official advisory data above; no generative API is used. The vendor advisory is authoritative.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27170
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) 6.1.7601.0 before 6.1.7601.27170
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.22720
- Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) 6.0.6003.0 before 6.0.6003.22720
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
- 6.1.7601.27170
- 6.0.6003.22720
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 6.1.7601.27170, 6.0.6003.22720. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 14 hours ago·verify at source
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