Vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor
CVE-2006-4251
Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TCP DNS query that prevents Recursor from properly calculating the TCP DNS query length.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.085 (94.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.085 · newest: 0.085 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Powerdns Recursor — versions 2.0_rc1, 2.8, 2.9.15
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1211 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22824 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21037 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22903 (third-party-advisory)
- doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-01.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22976 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30270 (vdb-entry)