CVE-2006-4251
pdns
EPSS 8.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-4251
To remediate CVE-2006-4251, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pdns—upgrade to 2.9.20-4 or later
- Debian/pdns—upgrade to 2.9.17-13sarge3 or later
- Debian/pdns—upgrade to 2.9.17-13sarge3 or later
- Debian/pdns-recursor—upgrade to 3.1.4-1 or later
Is CVE-2006-4251 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.4%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 2.9.20-4
- from 0, < 2.9.17-13sarge3
- from 0, < 2.9.17-13sarge3
- from 0, < 3.1.4-1