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CVSSv2

CVE-2012-0206

Published: 17/02/2012 Updated: 09/11/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

common_startup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server prior to 2.9.22.5 and 3.x prior to 3.0.1 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (packet loop) via a crafted UDP DNS response.

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powerdns authoritative server 3.0

powerdns authoritative server

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Ray Morris discovered that the PowerDNS authoritative server responds to response packets An attacker who can spoof the source address of IP packets can cause an endless packet loop between a PowerDNS authoritative server and another DNS server, leading to a denial of service For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in ...