Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2006-4252 (CCN-30257)

Assigned:2006-11-13
Published:2006-11-13
Updated:2017-07-20
Summary:PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and application crash) via a CNAME record with a zero TTL, which triggers an infinite loop.
This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release:
PowerDNS, Recursor, 3.1.4
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2006-4252

Source: CCN
Type: PowerDNS Security Advisory 2006-02
Zero second CNAME TTLs can make PowerDNS exhaust allocated stack space, and crash

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2006-02.html

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SA:2006:070

Source: CCN
Type: SA22824
PowerDNS Recursor Two Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
22824

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
22976

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 30335
PowerDNS Recursor Zero TTL CNAME Record DoS

Source: CCN
Type: PowerDNS Web site
Downloads

Source: BID
Type: Patch
21037

Source: CCN
Type: BID-21037
PowerDNS Remote Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Source: VUPEN
Type: UNKNOWN
ADV-2006-4484

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
powerdns-cname-bo(30257)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
powerdns-cname-bo(30257)

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SA:2006:070
pdns remote denial of service problem

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 3.1.3)

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20064252
    V
    CVE-2006-4252
    2015-11-16
    BACK
    powerdns recursor 2.0_rc1
    powerdns recursor 2.8
    powerdns recursor 2.9.15
    powerdns recursor 2.9.16
    powerdns recursor 2.9.17
    powerdns recursor 2.9.18
    powerdns recursor 3.0
    powerdns recursor 3.0.1
    powerdns recursor 3.1
    powerdns recursor 3.1.1
    powerdns recursor 3.1.2
    powerdns recursor *