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Multiple Vendor DNS Response Flooding Denial Of Service

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Multiple DNS vendors are reported susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability (Axis Communication, dnrd, Don Moore, Posadis).

Insight

Insight

This vulnerability results in vulnerable DNS servers entering into an infinite query and response message loop, leading to the consumption of network and CPU resources, and denying DNS service to legitimate users.

Solution

Solution

Please see the reference for platform specific remediations.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)