CVE-2007-3115 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption in MaraDNS through reverse lookups or non-IN class requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-3115?

CVE-2007-3115 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jun 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple memory leaks in server/MaraDNS.c in MaraDNS before 1.2.12.06, and 1.3.x before 1.3.05, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via (1) reverse lookups or (2) requests for records in a class other than Internet (IN), a different set of affected versions than CVE-2007-3114 and CVE-2007-3116.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3115?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maradns Maradns.

How do I fix CVE-2007-3115?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-3115 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3115, GHSA-jxgf-rqvh-c65h.

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