CVE-2007-3409

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    CVE-2007-3409

    Published: 26 Jun 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc, 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, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146, http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515, http://osvdb.org/37054, http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High