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CVE-2006-4252

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and applic

PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and application crash) via a CNAME record with a zero TTL, which triggers an infinite loop.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.00012
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Affected Products & Versions

2
powerdns recursor<= 3.1.3
powerdns recursorall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD14 Nov 2006 · 08:07 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-02.htmlPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22824PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22976
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21037Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484
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