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Perl Net::DNS Module DNS Response Denial of Service

Secunia Advisory: SA29343  
Release Date: 2008-03-12

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Net::DNS 0.x (module for Perl)

CVE reference:CVE-2007-6341 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Beyond Security has reported a vulnerability in the Net::DNS Perl module, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain malformed DNS responses. This can be exploited to e.g. crash applications relying on Net::DNS by replying to DNS queries with a specially crafted DNS response.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.60 build 654. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 0.63.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Beyond Security

Original Advisory:
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30316
http://search.cpan.org/src/OLAF/Net-DNS-0.63/Changes



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