CVE DATABASE / CVE-2007-3409
CVE-2007-3409
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | HIGH |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Net-dns net\Debian debian linuxCanonical ubuntu linux
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References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc
- http://osvdb.org/37054
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26012
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26075
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29354
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-23. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.