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CVE-2012-1836

Heap-based buffer overflow in dns.cpp in InspIRCd 2.0.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS query that uses compression.

Published

2012-03-22T03:28:04.470

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	inspircd	inspircd	2.0.5	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/80263 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48474 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2448 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212651 Patch, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52561 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74157 ([email protected])
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/fe7dbd2c104c37f6f3af7d9f1646a3c332aea4a4 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/80263 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48474 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2448 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212651 Patch, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52561 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74157 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/fe7dbd2c104c37f6f3af7d9f1646a3c332aea4a4 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)