CVE-2012-1570

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1570
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-28 10:55:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-14 17:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Maradns Maradns All All All All
Application Maradns Maradns All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
804770 – (CVE-2012-1570) CVE-2012-1570 maradns: deleted domain record cache persistance flaw CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: maradns deleted domain record cache persistance flaw MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
80192 OSVDB osvdb.org Broken Link
MaraDNS - a small open-source DNS server CONFIRM www.maradns.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE request: maradns deleted domain record cache persistance flaw MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
MaraDNS Cache Update Policy Can Be Bypassed to Allow Revoked Domain Names to Remain Resolvable - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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