CVE-2011-5056

medium

Description

The authoritative server in MaraDNS through 2.0.04 computes hash values for DNS data without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted records in zone files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0024.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72258

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026820

http://samiam.org/blog/20111229.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-01-08

Updated: 2020-08-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium