CVE-2006-2076 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption by sending DNS queries with unsupported QTYPE or QCLASS values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-2076?
CVE-2006-2076 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
Memory leak in Paul Rombouts pdnsd before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a DNS query with an unsupported (1) QTYPE or (2) QCLASS, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2076?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pdnsd Pdnsd.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2076?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2076 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2006-2076 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2076 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5r8h-xp6q-7rx6.