CVE - CVE-2011-1076

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1076	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
net/dns_resolver/dns_key.c in the Linux kernel before 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.
References
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MISC:1025162 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1025162 MISC:[oss-security] 20110304 CVE-2011-1076 kernel: DNS: Fix a NULL pointer deref when trying to read an error key URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/04/13 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1362fa078dae16776cd439791c6605b224ea6171 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1362fa078dae16776cd439791c6605b224ea6171 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.38
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110224)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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