CVE-2006-4251

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-4251
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-14 19:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.0_rc1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.8 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.15 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.16 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.17 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 2.9.18 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.0 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.0.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.1 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor 3.1.2 All All All
Application Powerdns Recursor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PowerDNS Security Advisory 2006-01: Malformed TCP queries can lead to a buffer overflow which might be exploitable af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.powerdns.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
PowerDNS Recursor Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for pdns - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1211-1 pdns af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: powerdns denial of service (SUSE-SA:2006:070) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com
SUSE update for pdns - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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