CVE-2010-2444 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in MaraDNS via a crafted CSV2 zone file due to a NULL pointer dereference.

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

What is CVE-2010-2444?

CVE-2010-2444 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

parse/Csv2_parse.c in MaraDNS 1.3.03, and other versions before 1.4.03, does not properly handle hostnames that do not end in a "." (dot) character, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted csv2 zone file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2444?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Maradns Maradns.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2444?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-2444 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2444 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2444, GHSA-xr2r-4cvv-wp49.

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