CVE-2012-1570
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.4.12-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| maradns | maradns | {"endExcluding":"1.3.07.15"} | 1.3.07.15 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/80192
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48492
- http://www.maradns.org/changelog.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/10
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026821
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74119
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1570
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.