CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2007-1866
HIGHEPSS 95th pctl10.0
CVSS v2
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dns_decode_reverse_name function in dns_decode.c in dproxy-nexgen allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted packet to port 53/udp, a different issue than CVE-2007-1465.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
10.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days
95thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://dproxy.cvs.sourceforge.net/dproxy/dproxy-nexgen/dns_decode.c?revision=1.10&view=markup
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053289.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/053302.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24688
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2518
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1194
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33753
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