VUPEN Security - MyDNS "update_gobble_rr()" Function DNS Update Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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>> MyDNS "update_gobble_rr()" Function DNS Update Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : MyDNS "update_gobble_rr()" Function DNS Update Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1561
CVE ID : CVE-2007-2362
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-04-27

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A vulnerability has been identified in MyDNS, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "update_gobble_rr()" [src/mydns/update.c] function when processing malformed requests, which could be exploited by attackers with "update" privileges to crash or compromise a server with the "allow-update" option enabled [...]

Solution

VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by mu-b

ChangeLog

2007-04-27 : Initial release

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