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.
2007-06-26T18:30:00.000
2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Deferred
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | net-dns | net\ | < 0.60 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | Yes |