PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:21037

Info

PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 21037
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-4251
CVE-2006-4252
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 11 2007 09:30PM
Credit: The vendor reported these issues.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.3
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.2
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0.1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.19
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.18
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.17
+ Gentoo Linux
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.16
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.15
+ Gentoo Linux
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.8
PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.0 RC1
PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.4
+ Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 4.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 4.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
+ Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 4.0

Discussion

PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

A denial-of-service vulnerability and a buffer-overflow vulnerability affect PowerDNS.

Successfully exploiting the buffer-overflow issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the PowerDNS Recursor, facililtating a remote compromise of affected computers. Attackers may exploit the denial-of-service vulnerability to crash the PowerDNS Recursor, denying further DNS service to legitimate users.

PowerDNS Recursor versions prior to 3.1.4 are affected by these issues.

Exploit / POC

PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for the buffer-overflow issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Attackers can use standard DNS server and client software to exploit the denial-of-service issue.

Solution / Fix

PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
PowerDNS version 3.1.4 is available to address these issues.

Please see the references for more information on obtaining and applying fixes.


PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.0 RC1

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.8

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.15

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.16

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.17

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.18

PowerDNS PowerDNS 2.9.19

PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0

PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.0.1

PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.1

PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.2

PowerDNS PowerDNS 3.1.3

References

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