National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1755
Original release date:05/22/2009
Last revised:05/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Off-by-one error in the packet_read_query_section function in packet.c in nsd 3.2.1, and process_query_section in query.c in nsd 2.3.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a buffer overflow.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/publications/NSD_vulnerability_announcement.html
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529420
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=529418
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20090519 CVE id request: nsd
