DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4251

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4251
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4251.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4251
Upstream
Published
2006-11-14T19:07:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:02:49.403937Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TCP DNS query that prevents Recursor from properly calculating the TCP DNS query length.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.20-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:12

pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.20-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:13

pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.20-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}

Debian:14

pdns

Package

Name
pdns
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.20-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

pdns-recursor

Package

Name
pdns-recursor
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pdns-recursor?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "high"
}