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CVE-2006-4251

Published: Nov 14, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4251
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RecursorPowerdns*3.1.3 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.0_rc1 (including)2.0_rc1 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.8 (including)2.8 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.9.15 (including)2.9.15 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.9.16 (including)2.9.16 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.9.17 (including)2.9.17 (including)
RecursorPowerdns2.9.18 (including)2.9.18 (including)
RecursorPowerdns3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
RecursorPowerdns3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
RecursorPowerdns3.1 (including)3.1 (including)
RecursorPowerdns3.1.1 (including)3.1.1 (including)
RecursorPowerdns3.1.2 (including)3.1.2 (including)
PdnsUbuntudapper*
Pdns-recursorUbuntudevel*
Pdns-recursorUbuntuedgy*
Pdns-recursorUbuntufeisty*
Pdns-recursorUbuntugutsy*
Pdns-recursorUbuntuhardy*
Pdns-recursorUbuntuintrepid*
Pdns-recursorUbuntujaunty*
Pdns-recursorUbuntukarmic*

References

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