CVE-2011-5055
EPSS 0.60%
Description
MaraDNS 1.3.07.12 and 1.4.08 computes hash values for DNS data without properly restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted queries with the Recursion Desired (RD) bit set. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0024.
How to fix CVE-2011-5055
To remediate CVE-2011-5055, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/maradns—upgrade to 1.4.09-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-5055 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.4.09-1