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CVE-2012-2978

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2012-07-20 dns/nsd -- DoS vulnerability from non-standard DNS packet

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CVE-2012-2978 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2012-2978
Phase Assigned(20120530)

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

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2012-2978.txt
CERT-VN VU#624931

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