CVE-2007-3409

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3409
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-06-26 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionNet::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-674 | n/a | CWE-674 CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Net-dns Net \ dns All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for perl-Net-DNS - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org Broken Link
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net::DNS: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1515-1 libnet-dns-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Perl Net::DNS Remote Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Perl Net::DNS Module Two Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Trustix Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com Broken Link
Bug #27285 for Net-DNS: Bugs in dn_expand (XS and PP) on mailformed packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rt.cpan.org Broken Link
Perl Net::DNS Lets Remote Users Deny Service With Malformed DNS Packets - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rPath update for perl-Net-DNS - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Net::DNS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.net-dns.org Release Notes
Debian update for libnet-dns-perl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Red Hat update for perl-Net-DNS - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Ubuntu update for libnet-dns-perl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
USN-483-1: libnet-dns-perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
osvdb.org/37054 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
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