CVE-2012-0024 | BDVDB-2026-48715 Detail

Description#

MaraDNS before 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without 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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://samiam.org/blog/20111229.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 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.