PT-2006-5063 · Powerdns · Powerdns Recursor

Published 2006-11-14 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-4251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PowerDNS Recursor versions 3.1.3 and earlier

Description A buffer overflow issue 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.

Recommendations For PowerDNS Recursor versions 3.1.3 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4251

DSA-1211

Affected Products

Powerdns Recursor

References · 13

• http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4251 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1211 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-4251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21037 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22824 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30270 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22976 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22903 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484 · Note