libevent library DoS
Published:		19.02.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		7264
Type:		library
Level:		5/10
Description:		Endless loop on DNS reply parsing.

Affected:		LIBEVENT : libevent 1.2
CVE:		CVE-2007-1030 (Niels Provos libevent 1.2 and 1.2a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a DNS response containing a label pointer that references its own offset.)

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Jon Oberheide, Remote DoS in libevent DNS parsing <= 1.2a (19.02.2007)

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