CVE-2012-2978

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54606

http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2012-2978.txt

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/624931

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2515

http://secunia.com/advisories/49997

http://secunia.com/advisories/49795

http://osvdb.org/84097

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-07-27

Updated: 2017-12-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High