CVE-2012-2978 (GCVE-0-2012-2978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-27 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49997 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2515 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2012-07-20 00:00
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