CVE-2006-2069 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 27 Apr 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the PowerDNS recursor by sending malformed EDNS0 packets, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-2069?

CVE-2006-2069 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The recursor in PowerDNS before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed EDNS0 packets.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2069?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Powerdns Powerdns.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2069?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-2069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2069, GHSA-36xh-8g5r-c7cj.