CVE-2011-5055 | BDVDB-2026-48712 Detail

Description#

MaraDNS 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without properly restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted queries with the Recursion Desired (RD) bit set. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0024.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://samiam.org/blog/20111230.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771428
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/6
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/13

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12012-01-08Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.