CVE-2007-3409
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-674
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)3%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc
- http://osvdb.org/37054
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26075