Description
When base64 data is split up in pieces, of 3 character or less, tokens were incorrectly calculated to produce 0 bytes. This enables attackers to overwrite the stack with up to 64K of attacker controlled data. Zone files which are written out by NSD itself, such as for zones for which the NSD instance is secondary, will not be formatted like this. The zone file must be fed to NSD directly, (but it could come, for example, from an operator controlled provisioning system).
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This issue is fixed in 4.15.3 and all later versions.
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References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/nsd/CVE-2026-101337.txt |
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History
Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000
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| Description | When base64 data is split up in pieces, of 3 character or less, tokens were incorrectly calculated to produce 0 bytes. This enables attackers to overwrite the stack with up to 64K of attacker controlled data. Zone files which are written out by NSD itself, such as for zones for which the NSD instance is secondary, will not be formatted like this. The zone file must be fed to NSD directly, (but it could come, for example, from an operator controlled provisioning system). | |
| Title | Stack overwrite from specially formatted base64 RDATA field | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-121 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: NLnet Labs
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T10:56:15.073Z
Reserved: 2026-09-28T14:39:03.778Z
Link: CVE-2026-101337
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T11:16:56.890
Modified: 2026-10-14T11:16:56.890
Link: CVE-2026-101337
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