High severity · published Nov 1, 2019
CVE-2012-2979
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NS
Name Server Daemon · Freebsd
before 3.2.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2979
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979
Vendor Advisory
https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150