National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3581

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ldns_rr_new_frm_str_internal function in ldns before 1.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Resource Record (RR) with an unknown type containing input that is longer than a specified length.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=403

Hyperlink:http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=403

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46476

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46476

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 46470

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/46470

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110930 Re: CVE request: heap-based buffer overflow in ldns

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/542

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110924 CVE request: heap-based buffer overflow in ldns

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/503

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://nlnetlabs.nl/svn/ldns/tags/release-1.6.11/Changelog

Hyperlink:http://nlnetlabs.nl/svn/ldns/tags/release-1.6.11/Changelog

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2011:1161

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00008.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-13929

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068239.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-13915

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068201.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2011-13895

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068091.html