CVE-2024-43541

Summary

CVE-2024-43541 is a newly disclosed Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol. Attackers can exploit this weakness by sending specially crafted messages to targeted Microsoft Certificate Services servers, leading to a resource exhaustion condition and subsequent crash of the service. This DoS vulnerability poses a significant risk for organizations that rely on Microsoft Certificate Services for secure communication and authentication. It is essential that affected organizations apply the forthcoming Microsoft patch as soon as it becomes available to mitigate this risk.

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