Out-of-Bounds Affecting nsd package, versions [,3.2.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.24% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NSD-2420026
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Jul 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nsd to version 3.2.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds query.c in NSD 3.0.x through 3.0.8, 3.1.x through 3.1.1, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and child process crash) via a crafted DNS packet.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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