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PowerDNS Recursor Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22824
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Release Date:
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2006-11-13
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Popularity:
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6,019 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | PowerDNS 2.x
PowerDNS Recursor 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4251
CVE-2006-4252
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in PowerDNS Recursor, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
1) An error in length calculation when handling TCP DNS queries can be exploited to cause an overly large copy via a specially crafted packet.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
2) An error in the handling CNAME records can be exploited to crash the service.
The vulnerabilities are reported in PowerDNS Recursor versions 3.1.3 and prior. PowerDNS Authoritative Server (pdns_server) is not affected.
Solution:
Update to PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.4.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-01.html
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-02.html
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