PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:17711

Info

PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17711
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2006-2069
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 26 2006 12:00AM
Updated: May 15 2006 10:19PM
Credit: The vendor credits David Gavarret with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0
Not Vulnerable: PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0.1

Discussion

PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

A denial-of-service vulnerability affects PowerDNS. This issue is due to the application's failure to properly handle malformed DNS packets.

The vulnerability allows remote attackers from external networks to crash affected DNS servers, denying further service to legitimate users.

PowerDNS version 3.0 is affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability


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Solution / Fix

PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:

Version 3.0.1 of PowerDNS is available to address this issue.

Please see the references for vendor advisories and fixes.


PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0

References

PowerDNS Malformed EDNS0 Packet Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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