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CVE-2012-2979

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-669

Description

FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.

Affected products

• FreeBSD Name Server Daemon: before 3.2.13 — fixed in 3.2.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeBSD Name Server Daemon 3.2.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979
• https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html
• https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979
• https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html
• https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150

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