DNS DNS Label Compression Overly Long Name

Rule ID

1058010

Severity

High

Description

Send a DNS request where a compressed label continually decompresses to a long host name, causing various DNS servers and sniffing tools to enter an infinite loop or crash.

Impact

Remote code execution

Recommendation

Update vendor's patch.

IPS Category

Buffer Overflow

IPS Anomaly Group

N/A

IPS Rule Default Action

Deny

References

Keywords

N/A