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TI-2006-02014 Aliases CVE-2006-2069GHSA-36xh-8g5r-c7cj

The recursor in PowerDNS before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

Priority LOW 32CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

The recursor in PowerDNS before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed EDNS0 packets.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06102 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerablePowerDNS
  • cpe:2.3:a:powerdns:powerdns:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·PowerDNS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2069
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-36xh-8g5r-c7cj

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2008-03198 PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 2.9.21.1 drops malformed queries, which might make… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2005-00029 The DNS implementation of PowerDNS 2.9.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-02179 PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when running with an LDAP backend, does not properly escape LDAP… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2005-00386 The DNSPacket::expand method in dnspacket.cc in PowerDNS before 2.9.17 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2008-05022 PowerDNS before 2.9.21.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CH HINFO query. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
  • TI-2005-02180 PowerDNS before 2.9.18, when allowing recursion to a restricted range of IP addresses… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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