CVE-2007-1030

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-1030
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-21 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionNiels 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Niels Provos Libevent 1.2 All All All
Application Niels Provos Libevent 1.2a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/33228 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityReason - Remote DoS in libevent DNS parsing <= 1.2a af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
libevent DNS Response Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Libevent DNS Parsing Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
libevent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 monkey.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-04-04Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of libevent as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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