CVE-2011-5056 json
The authoritative server in MaraDNS through 2.0.04 computes hash values for DNS data without restricting the ability to trigger hash collis…
published 2012-01-08 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4959
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The authoritative server in MaraDNS through 2.0.04 computes hash values for DNS data without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted records in zone files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0024.
Patch / fix
- samiam.org/blog/20111229.html advisory
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2011-5056 updated cvss 5.0
maradns: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
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samiam.org
/blog/20111229.html
patch, third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/72258
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id?1026820
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-5056
- NVD CVE-2011-5056
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