CVE-2012-2979
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV)...
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
- Record
CVE-2012-2979- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-669
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
- Record
CVE-2012-2979- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-2957 No score
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
- Record
EUVD-2012-2957- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-83wh-h8h8-hxq9
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV)...
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
- Record
GHSA-83wh-h8h8-hxq9- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-669
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2012-2979
FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2979- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11100-1 No score
nsd-4.3.7-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the nsd-4.3.7-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11100-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
nsdopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 4.3.7-1.2 | 4.3.7-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-2979 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Freebsd Name Server Daemon, published November 1, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.