CVE-2007-3409

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 12.39% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory trustix.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26417 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29354 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26014 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26012 third party advisory broken link
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285 broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595 signature vdb entry broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515 vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html release notes
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26543 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/ vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26055 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26211 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/26075 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/37054 vdb entry broken link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25829 third party advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded broken link mailing list third party advisory vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-3409?
CVE-2007-3409 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-3409?
To fix CVE-2007-3409, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-3409 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-3409 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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