CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-0140

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) version 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks leading to denial of service and potential remote code execution, which can have serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of dnrd that addresses these vulnerabilities and to monitor DNS traffic for suspicious activity.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Domain Name Relay Daemon (dnrd) 2.10 and earlier allows remote malicious DNS sites to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long or malformed DNS reply, which is not handled properly by parse_query, get_objectname, and possibly other functions.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS