CVE-2006-4252 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PowerDNS Recursor versions 3.1.3 and earlier. An attacker can exploit this by sending a CNAME record with a zero TTL, leading to resource exhaustion and an application crash due to an infinite loop. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:2.0_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.9.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:recursor:2.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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