CVE-2012-2979
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 1, 2019 at 02:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsName Server DaemonName Server Daemon
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.2.13
Affected range stops below 3.2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-669
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