CVE-2007-1030

Published: Feb 21, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Niels Provos: Libevent

Niels Provos

1 product

Libevent

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Niels Provos Libevent	Version 1.2
Niels Provos Libevent	Version 1.2a

References (14)

http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/33228

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/24181

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/