CVE-2011-5055
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-5055 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-01-08 00:55:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2012-01-09 18:30:00 UTC |
| Description | MaraDNS 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without properly 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0024. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| MaraDNS 1 update | CONFIRM | samiam.org | Patch |
| oss-security - CVE request: maradns hash table collision cpu dos | MLIST | openwall.com | |
| oss-security - Re: CVE request: maradns hash table collision cpu dos | MLIST | openwall.com | |
| 771428 – (CVE-2011-5056, CVE-2012-0024) CVE-2011-5056 CVE-2012-0024 maradns: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS | CONFIRM | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.