CVE-2006-2076

N/A Unknown

Published: April 27, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19835

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/20055

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015989

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17694

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1528

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/19835