CVE-2007-1030

Description

Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.61% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24181	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606	patch vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/33228	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1030?: CVE-2007-1030 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1030?: To fix CVE-2007-1030, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1030 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1030 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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