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CVE-2011-0520
The compress_add_dlabel_points function in dns/Compress.c in MaraDNS 1.4.03, 1.4.05, and probably other versions allows remote attackers…
High7.5EPSS 5.2%
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- redhat
Description
The compress_add_dlabel_points function in dns/Compress.c in MaraDNS 1.4.03, 1.4.05, and probably other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DNS hostname with a large number of labels, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- ADV-2011-0699 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610834 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110123 CVE request: MaraDNS DoS via long queries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110124 Re: CVE request: MaraDNS DoS via long queries (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- maradns-compressadddlabelpoints-bo(64885) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-2196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 43107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 43027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 70630 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 45966 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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