Domain Name Relay Daemon up to 2.10 DNS Reply parse_query/get_objectname memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Domain Name Relay Daemon up to 2.10. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function parse_query/get_objectname of the component DNS Reply Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2002-0140. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Domain Name Relay Daemon up to 2.10. Affected by this vulnerability is the function parse_query/get_objectname of the component DNS Reply Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

The weakness was disclosed 03/25/2002 by Andrew (Website). The advisory is shared at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0140. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7957), Exploit-DB (21236) and SecurityFocus (BID 3928†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Domain Name Relay Daemon

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• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10

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