PT-2007-2458 · Libevent · Libevent

Published 2007-02-21 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-1030

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: libevent versions 1.2 through 1.2a

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop. This occurs when a DNS response contains a label pointer that references its own offset.

Recommendations: For versions 1.2 through 1.2a, consider restricting DNS responses to prevent label pointers from referencing their own offset until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1030

Affected Products

Libevent

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1030 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22606 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24181 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/33228 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647 · Note
• http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded · Note