CVE-2012-1570
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The resolver in MaraDNS before 1.3.0.7.15 and 1.4.x before 1.4.12 overwrites cached server names and TTL values in NS records during the processing of a response to an A record query, which allows remote attackers to trigger continued resolvability of revoked domain names via a "ghost domain names" attack.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.5% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1588)
- Published
- March 28, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1588 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- maradns / maradns
References
- http://osvdb.org/80192(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48492(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.maradns.org/changelog.html(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/10(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026821(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804770(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74119(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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