PT-2006-3057 · None · Pdnsd

Published 2006-04-27 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-2076

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pdnsd versions prior to 1.2.4

Description A memory leak issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by consuming memory via a DNS query with an unsupported QTYPE or QCLASS, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.4, update to version 1.2.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting DNS queries to only support standard QTYPE and QCLASS values until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2076

Affected Products

Pdnsd

References · 13

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17694 · Patch
• http://niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015989 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2076 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19835 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1528 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505 · Note
• http://phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20055 · Note