MEDIUM
Memory 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 unsupported (1) QTYPE or (2) QCLASS, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite
Published Apr 27, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.74%
Description
Memory 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 unsupported (1) QTYPE or (2) QCLASS, as demonstrated by the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.0.13
- 1.0.15
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7a
- 1.1.8b1_par5
- 1.1.8b1_par6
- 1.1.8b1_par8
- 1.1.10_par
- 1.1.11_par
- 1.2.1_par
- 1.2.2_par
- 1.2.3_par
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.74% 0.04741
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04741
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.74% (0.04741) | 91.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.74% (0.04741) | 90.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2025 | 9.74% (0.09741) | 92.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.96% (0.07961) | 91.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.81% (0.05810) | 93.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | 8.54% (0.08541) | 93.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2023 | 8.48% (0.08478) | 93.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.28% (0.09278) | 93.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19835 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20055 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015989 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17694 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1528 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19835 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20055 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015989 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/955777 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/br-20060425-00311.html?lang=en | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.niscc.gov.uk/niscc/docs/re-20060425-00312.pdf?lang=en | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.phys.uu.nl/~rombouts/pdnsd.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17694 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1505 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1528 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26081 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 27, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 27, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2076
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a