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PowerDNS Malformed Queries Handling Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31407
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Release Date:
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2008-08-07
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Popularity:
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4,518 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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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
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A weakness has been reported in PowerDNS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
The weakness is caused due to the server dropping DNS queries for invalid DNS records within a valid domain. This can be exploited to facilitate the spoofing of the valid domain on third-party DNS servers.
The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.9.21.1.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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