CVE-2012-2978
N/A
Published: July 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNsd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2515Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/624931x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2012-2978.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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