| Name | CVE-2006-4251 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in PowerDNS Recursor 3.1.3 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TCP DNS query that prevents Recursor from properly calculating the TCP DNS query length. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1211 |
| Debian Bugs | 398557 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pdns (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.4.1-4+deb8u10 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.0.3-1+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 4.1.6-3+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4.1-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.7.3-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4.9.3-1 | fixed |
| pdns-recursor (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.6.2-2+deb8u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.11-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4.4.2-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 4.8.8-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.1.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Recursor module has been moved to pdns-recursor