Debian DSA-1445-1 : maradns - programming error

Michael Krieger and Sam Trenholme discovered a programming error in MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server, which might lead to denial of service through malformed DNS packets. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in thi...

Avaya Argent Office vulnerable to denial of service via malformed DNS packets

Overview The Avaya Argent Office reboots in response to certain malformed DNS packets, resulting in a denial of service condition. Description The Avaya Argent Office reboots when a packet with an empty payload is sent to UDP port 53 DNS on its internal interface. By sending repeated packets to...

Avaya Argent Office - DNS Packet Denial of Service

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8976/info It has been reported that Avaya Argent Office is prone to a denial of service condition when handling malformed DNS packets. The problem is said to occur when a DNS packet with no payload is handled. Receiving the packet is said to cause the...

DNS implementations vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks via malformed DNS queries

Overview Incorrect decoding of malformed DNS packets causes certain DNS implementations to hang or crash. Description RFC1035 DOMAIN NAMES, IMPLEMENTATION AND SPECIFICATION defines a mechanism for conserving bytes in a DNS query or reply packet by avoiding repetition of character strings "labels"...

CVE-2000-0333

tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tcpdump to enter an infinite loop while decompressing the packet...