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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-0024: MaraDNS: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-0024: MaraDNS: Denial of service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/07/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

MaraDNS before 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.x before 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted queries with the Recursion Desired (RD) bit set.

Solution(s)

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

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