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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2077 · published 27 April 2006

CVE-2006-2077: Pdnsd vulnerability

PPdnsd · Pdnsd

Buffer overflow in Paul Rombouts pdnsd before 1.2.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this issue might be related to the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.2% · top 12.3%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Paul Rombouts pdnsd before 1.2.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this issue might be related to the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20055
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 US Government Resource
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17720
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081
http://secunia.com/advisories/20055
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 US Government Resource
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17720
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

5.0CVE-2008-4194Pdnsd vulnerabilityThe p_exec_query function in src/dns_query.c in pdnsd before 1.2.7-par allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long…EPSS 6.9%5.0CVE-2006-2076Pdnsd vulnerabilityMemory leak in Paul Rombouts pdnsd before 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a DNS query with an uns…EPSS 4.7%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2077), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.