CVE-2006-4251
N/A
Published: November 14, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorRecursor
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-01.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0007.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22824Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1211VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4484Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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