CVE-2012-0206

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-0206 · Published 17/02/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0206 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting authoritative server (powerdns).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 92.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
authoritative server powerdns	`= 3.0≤ 2.9.22`	No fix yet

Description

common_startup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 2.9.22.5 and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loop) via a crafted UDP DNS response.

References

doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html · Release Notes
doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2012-01.html · Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking

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