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CVE-2006-4251

CVE-2006-4251 PUBLISHED

Reported by debian · Published November 14, 2006

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.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
recursorpowerdns3.1.3

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
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n/an/a*

Timeline

  • Nov 14, 2006 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 8, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Apr 8, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 23, 2026 CVE Updated

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2006-4251
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2006-4251

Or with curl, using the org id and key from your account page:

curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2006-4251/fixes/registry"

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