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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-0520: MaraDNS: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-0520: MaraDNS: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/28/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The compress_add_dlabel_points function in dns/Compress.c in MaraDNS 1.4.03, 1.4.05, and probably other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DNS hostname with a large number of labels, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-maradns

References

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