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nsd: one-byte buffer overflow in low-level DNS packet decoding routine

Published May 22, 2009

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

References (9)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 22, 2009
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved May 21, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date May 19, 2009
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published May 22, 2009
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2009-1750