CVE-2008-0061

Published Jan 3, 2008 maradns

Overview

CVE-2008-0061 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting maradns maradns. It was published on January 3, 2008.

Technical Description

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."

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from maradns. Update maradns to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status

References

Ref bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204351 Ref maradns.blogspot.com/2007/08/maradns-update-all-versions.html Ref secunia.com/advisories/28329 Ref secunia.com/advisories/28334 Ref secunia.com/advisories/28650 Ref security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-16.xml Ref www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1445 Ref www.maradns.org/changelog.html Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/27124 Ref www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0026

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2008-0061?

CVE-2008-0061 is a known-severity vulnerability affecting maradns maradns. It was published on January 3, 2008.

How severe is CVE-2008-0061?

CVSS score information is not yet available for this vulnerability. Check back as the CVE record is updated by NVD analysts.

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