Vulnerability in Net-Dns Net\
CVE-2007-3409
Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Net-Dns Net\ — versions \
- Net-Dns Net\:\:dns
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/26231 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26417 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29354 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26014 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26012 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html (Broken Link)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10595 (Broken Link, signature, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html (Release Notes)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-3409?
- CVE-2007-3409 is a high-severity vulnerability in Net-Dns Net\, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2007-06-26.
- How severe is CVE-2007-3409?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.