CVE-2014-2031

Description

Deadwood before 2.3.09, 3.x before 3.2.05, and as used in MaraDNS before 1.4.14 and 2.x before 2.0.09, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) by leveraging permission to perform recursive queries against Deadwood, related to a logic error.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.10% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory samiam.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15 mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609 issue tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91203 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771 vdb entry third party advisory
http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2031?
CVE-2014-2031 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2031?
To fix CVE-2014-2031, 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-2014-2031 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-2031 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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