CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-2978

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-07-27 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-07-27
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.0 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.1 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.2 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.3 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.4 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.5 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.6 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.7 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.0.8 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.1.0 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.1.1 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.0 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.1 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.3 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.4 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.5 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.6 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.7 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.8 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.9 • nlnetlabs nsd 3.2.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References