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.
Published 2007-06-26 18:30:00
Updated 2024-02-03 02:30:09
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2007-3409

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-3409

12.91%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 96 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2007-3409

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.3
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.6
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
NIST 2024-02-03

CWE ids for CVE-2007-3409

  • The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2007-3409

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