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CVE-2006-2076

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2076 describes a memory leak vulnerability in Paul Rombouts pdnsd versions prior to 1.2.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending crafted DNS queries containing unsupported QTYPE or QCLASS values, leading to excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:1.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdnsd:pdnsd:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0474 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/19835
secunia.com / advisories/20055
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26081
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/955777
US Government Resource
niscc.gov.uk / niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html
Vendor Advisory
niscc.gov.uk / niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf
Vendor Advisory
phys.uu.nl / ~rombouts/pdnsd.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17694
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1505
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1528