4.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2011-1076

Published: 05/10/2011 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 437
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.38 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) by not providing a valid response to a DNS query, as demonstrated by an erroneous grand.centrall.org query, which triggers improper handling of error data within a DNS resolver key.

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