VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-3409
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.49% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Affected
- net-dns/net\ · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/37054Broken Link
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25829Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26012Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26014Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26055Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26075Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26211Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26231Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26417Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26543Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29354Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146Third Party Advisory
- http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.htmlRelease Notes
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/Broken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595Broken Link
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.ascBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/37054Broken Link
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25829Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26012Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.