>> SCO OpenServer BIND "q_usedns" Remote Denial of Service Issue
Title : SCO OpenServer BIND "q_usedns" Remote Denial of Service Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-0019 CVE ID : CVE-2005-0033
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-01-04
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SCO OpenServer, which may be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the code for recursion and glue fetching in BIND, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via queries that trigger the overflow in the "q_usedns" array that tracks nameservers and addresses. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0064
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