MaraDNS up to 1.0.16 denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in MaraDNS up to 1.0.16. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

MaraDNS 1.0 before 1.0.41, 1.2 before 1.2.12.08, and 1.3 before 1.3.07.04 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted DNS packet that prevents an authoritative name (CNAME) record from resolving, aka "improper rotation of resource records."

The bug was discovered 08/29/2007. The weakness was shared 01/03/2008 by Krieger (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0061 since 01/03/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73478 (MaraDNS < 1.0.41 / 1.2.x < 1.2.12.08 / 1.3.x < 1.3.07.04 CNAME Record Resource Rotation Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family DNS and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.0.17 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39416) and Tenable (73478).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 73478
Nessus Name: MaraDNS < 1.0.41 / 1.2.x < 1.2.12.08 / 1.3.x < 1.3.07.04 CNAME Record Resource Rotation Remote DoS
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OpenVAS ID: 60101
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1445-1 (maradns)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MaraDNS 1.0.17

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: Krieger
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-0061 (🔍)
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X-Force: 39416
Vulnerability Center: 17272 - MaraDNS Remote DoS via a Crafted DNS Packet Due to \, High
SecurityFocus: 27124 - MaraDNS Malformed Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 28329
OSVDB: 39842 - MaraDNS - Malformed Packet Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0026

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/02/2019 16:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (69), 08/02/2019 16:59 (8)
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