What is CVE-2012-2979?

CVE-2012-2979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Name Server Daemon, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2012-2979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freebsd Name Server Daemon

CVE-2012-2979

FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.

EPSS: 0.017 (75.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freebsd Name_server_daemon
Nsd3 — versions 3.2.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-669 — Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2979?: CVE-2012-2979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freebsd Name Server Daemon, classified under Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2012-2979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.