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PowerDNS Recursor Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA19831	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-04-26
Last Update:	2006-04-28
Popularity:	5,974 views

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

Software:	PowerDNS Recursor 3.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-2069

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in PowerDNS, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the recursor when parsing certain DNS packets. This can be exploited to crash the recursor via a malformed EDNS0 packet. The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 3.0.1. Solution: Update to version 3.0.1. http://www.powerdns.com/en/downloads.aspx Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits David Gavarret. Changelog: 2006-04-26: Removed version 2.x as affected. 2006-04-28: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-0-1 http://wiki.powerdns.com/projects/trac/changeset/760 http://wiki.powerdns.com/projects/trac/changeset/761

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