CVE-2009-4009

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Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)

Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.1.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.00036

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

powerdns recursor<= 3.1.7.2

powerdns recursorall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.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:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD08 Jan 2010 · 05:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10537-1

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References & Sources

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-2010-01.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/38004

http://secunia.com/advisories/38068Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023403

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508743/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37650Patch

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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0054Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552285

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55438

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00217.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2010-January/msg00228.html

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