{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2978","details":"query.c in NSD 3.0.x through 3.0.8, 3.1.x through 3.1.1, and 3.2.x before 3.2.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and child process crash) via a crafted DNS packet.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:17:01.809107Z","published":"2012-07-27T10:27:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:46Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-2978"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2978"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2515-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2978"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nsd","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsd@4.0.0-5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.0.0-5"}]}],"versions":["4.0.0-2","4.0.0-3","4.0.0-4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"nsd","binary_version":"4.0.0-5"},{"binary_name":"nsd3","binary_version":"4.0.0-5"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2978.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}