CVE-2011-1076
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 5, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 24, 2011
Description
net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by not providing a valid response to a DNS query, as demonstrated by an erroneous grand.centrall.org query, which triggers improper handling of error data within a DNS resolver key.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1362fa078dae16776cd439791c6605b224ea6171
- [oss-security] 20110304 CVE-2011-1076 kernel: DNS: Fix a NULL pointer deref when trying to read an error keymailing-list
- 1025162vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
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