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CVE-2012-2978

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

query.c in NSD 3.0.x through 3.0.8, 3.1.x through 3.1.1, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and child process crash) via a crafted DNS packet.

Affected products

• NLnet Labs NSD: 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 (+15)

References

• http://osvdb.org/84097
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49997
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2515
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/624931
• http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2012-2978.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54606
• http://osvdb.org/84097
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49795
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49997
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2515
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/624931

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