CVE-2007-3409

7.5 HIGH
Published: June 26, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on 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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/37054
Source: secalert@redhat.com
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http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285
Source: secalert@redhat.com
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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 List Third 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 Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB 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
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/37054
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25829
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26012
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26014
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26055
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26075
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26211
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26417
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29354
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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50 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674 CWE-674

Affected Vendors

debian net-dns canonical

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