Perl Net::DNS Lets Remote Users Deny Service With Malformed DNS Packets
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018376
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1018376
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-3409
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 12 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.60
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Perl Net::DNS. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send a specially crafted DNS packet with self-referencing pointers to cause the target service to enter an infinite loop and consume excessive resources on the target system.
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Impact: A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.60).
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Vendor URL: www.net-dns.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: State error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:21:31 -0400
Subject: Net::DNS
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CVE-2007-3409
CVE said:
Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS packet with self-referencing
pointers, which triggers an infinite loop.
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