CVE-2006-4251

published 2006-11-14

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…

Priority P3 42 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

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.

Affected

18 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	pdns	< pdns 2.9.20-4 (bookworm)	pdns 2.9.20-4 (bookworm)
debian	pdns-recursor	< pdns 2.9.20-4 (bookworm)	pdns 2.9.20-4 (bookworm)
open-xchange	pdns	>= 0 < 2.9.20-4	2.9.20-4
open-xchange	pdns	>= 0 < 2.9.20-4	2.9.20-4
open-xchange	pdns	>= 0 < 2.9.20-4	2.9.20-4
open-xchange	pdns	>= 0 < 2.9.20-4	2.9.20-4
powerdns	recursor	<= 3.1.3	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—
powerdns	recursor	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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