CVE-2007-3409

Published: Jun 26, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.

Affected (5)

Products: Net Dns: Net\ · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Net Dns Net\	Before 0.60

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 3.1
Debian Debian Linux	Version 4.0

Configuration C

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.10

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (50)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://osvdb.org/37054

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/25829

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26012

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26014

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26055

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26075

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26211

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26231

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26417

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/26543

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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http://secunia.com/advisories/29354

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Release Notes

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)