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CVE-2009-1755

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2009-05-19 nsd -- buffer overflow vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2009-1755
Phase Assigned(20090521)

Description

Off-by-one error in the packet_read_query_section function in packet.c in nsd 3.2.1, and process_query_section in query.c in nsd 2.3.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a buffer overflow.

References

Source Reference
MLIST [oss-security] 20090519 CVE id request: nsd
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529418
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529420
CONFIRM http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/publications/NSD_vulnerability_announcement.html