Description
Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.8/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:CAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
- http://osvdb.org/33228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24181Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647
- http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
- http://osvdb.org/33228
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24181Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 21, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified