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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2069 · published 27 April 2006

CVE-2006-2069: Powerdns vulnerability

Powerdns · Powerdns

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

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.0% · top 7.0% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-0-1
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19831 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17711
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1527 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26100
http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html#CHANGELOG-RECURSOR-3-0-1
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19831 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17711
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1527 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26100

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2069), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.