CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-3429

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-08-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-07
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-20

Description

The dns_to_ldap_dn_escape function in src/ldap_convert.c in bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0rc1 and earlier does not properly escape distinguished names (DN) for LDAP queries, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (named service hang) via a "$" character in a DN in a DNS query.

Affected configurations

• martin nagy bind-dyndb-ldap (<= 1.1.0) • martin nagy bind-dyndb-ldap 0.1.0 • martin nagy bind-dyndb-ldap 0.2.0 • martin nagy bind-dyndb-ldap 1.0.0 • martin nagy bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References