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Vulnerability Issue in Implementations of the DNS Protocol

ID: 00432
Ref: 589088
Date: 24 May 2005:11:28:42
Version: 1

Title: Vulnerability Issue in Implementations of the DNS Protocol
Abstract: The vulnerability concerns the recursion process used by some DNS implementations to decompress compressed DNS messages. Under certain circumstances, it is possible to cause the DNS server to terminate abnormally.
Document link: Vulnerability Issue in Implementations of the DNS Protocol

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