CVE-2006-4252
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-11-14 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 19:06
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-02.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22824Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22976
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21037Patch
security@debian.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484
security@debian.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30257
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-02.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22824Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22976
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21037Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30257
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