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CVE-2006-4251

Date: November 14, 2006

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.

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4251

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21037

Url: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22976

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1211

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22824

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/22903

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-4251

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30270

Url: http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-01.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-4251

Severity Score

7.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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