CVE-2007-1030

N/A Unknown
Published: February 21, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
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/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/33228
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24181
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2268
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460530/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22606
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0647
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

niels_provos