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CVE-2006-2076
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.9%
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- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- dns-improper-request-handling(26081) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#955777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 17694 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20055 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 19835 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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