CVE-2006-4251

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 14, 2006
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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