VDB-27824 · CVE-2005-0037 · BID 13729

DNRD up to 2.9 DNS Implementation infinite loop

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A vulnerability was found in DNRD up to 2.9 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component DNS Implementation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The DNS implementation of DNRD before 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed DNS packet with a label length byte with an incorrect offset, which could trigger an infinite loop.

The weakness was shared 05/24/2005 by Dr. Steve Beaty with Metropolitan State College of Denver (Website). The advisory is shared for download at niscc.gov.uk. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0037 since 01/07/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 2.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries 1524, 1520, 1530 and 1519 are related to this item.

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CPE 2.3info

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Class: Infinite loop
CWE: CWE-835 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: DNRD 2.10

Timelineinfo

01/07/2005 🔍
05/24/2005 +137 days 🔍
05/24/2005 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2005 +220 days 🔍
05/06/2006 +126 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3231 days 🔍
06/08/2017 +819 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: niscc.gov.uk
Researcher: Dr. Steve Beaty
Organization: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0037 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 13729 - Multiple Vendor DNS Message Decompression Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 25291 - Multiple Vendor Crafted Compressed DNS Packet DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/08/2017 23:46
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (52), 06/08/2017 23:46 (5)
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