CVE-2012-0024

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://samiam.org/blog/20111229.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771428Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/03/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://samiam.org/blog/20111229.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771428Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 8, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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