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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-0493: BIND: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-0493: BIND: Denial of service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/25/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.3.0 up to 9.3.3, 9.4.0a1 up to 9.4.0a6, 9.4.0b1 up to 9.4.0b4, 9.4.0rc1, and 9.5.0a1 (Bind Forum only) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (named daemon crash) via unspecified vectors that cause named to "dereference a freed fetch context."

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind

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