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nsd — security advisory
NSD from version 4.13.0 has a heap use-after-free bug in logging errors on TLS connections, causing a crash of the server process, which can be triggered trivially by sending a DNS query over a DoT connection, and closing the connection without reading the response.
- Products
- nsd
- Affected versions
- 4.12.0-1, 4.12.0-2, 4.13.0-1, 4.13.0-2, 4.13.0-3, 4.13.0-4, 4.13.0-5, 4.13.0-6, 4.14.0-1, 4.14.1-1, 4.14.2-1
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-12245
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:20 UTC · Revision 2
Source evidence
NSD from version 4.13.0 has a heap use-after-free bug in logging errors on TLS connections, causing a crash of the server process, which can be triggered trivially by sending a DNS query over a DoT connection, and closing the connection without reading the response.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-12245
nsd
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-26T11:47:36.637455549Z",
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"published_at": "2026-06-25T07:16:45.08+00:00"
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