CVE-2012-3429

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3429
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-07 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe dns_to_ldap_dn_escape function in src/ldap_convert.c in bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0rc1 and earlier does not properly escape distinguished names (DN) for LDAP queries, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (named service hang) via a "$" character in a DN in a DNS query.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 0.1.0 a1 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 0.1.0 b All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 0.2.0 All All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.0.0 b1 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0 a1 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0 a2 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0 b1 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap 1.1.0 b2 All All
Application Martin Nagy Bind-dyndb-ldap All rc1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
bind-dyndb-ldap DN Escaping Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Patch
842466 – (CVE-2012-3429) CVE-2012-3429 bind-dyndb-ldap: named DoS via DNS query with $ in name af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - bind-dyndb-ldap DoS CVE-2012-3429 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA50159 - Red Hat update for bind-dyndb-ldap - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org Exploit, Patch
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bind DynDB LDAP CVE-2012-3429 Package Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability 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

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