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CVE-2012-2979 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-669Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
freebsd name server daemon
< 3.2.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:freebsd:name_server_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2979
NVD Published Date:
Nov 1, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-2979 Details - Not Deferred