Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1211-1)
🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2006-4251 | 14 Nov 200619:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2006-4251 | 14 Nov 200619:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 1211-1] New pdns packages fix arbitrary code execution | 14 Nov 200623:44 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2006-4251 | 14 Nov 200619:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-1211-1 : pdns - buffer overflow | 20 Nov 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| PowerDNS Recursor 3.x < 3.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 15 Jan 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE 10 Security Update : pdns (pdns-2275) | 17 Oct 200700:00 | – | nessus | |
| SUSE-SA:2006:070: pdns | 18 Feb 200700:00 | – | nessus | |
| EUVD-2006-4239 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2006-4251 | 14 Nov 200619:07 | – | nvd |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1211 |
| debian | www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1211-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57584");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4251");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:17:11 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2025-08-04T05:47:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-04 05:47:09 +0000 (Mon, 04 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1211-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.1");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1211-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1211-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1211");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pdns' package(s) announced via the DSA-1211-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that malformed TCP packets may lead to denial of service and possibly the execution of arbitrary code if the PowerDNS nameserver acts as a recursive nameserver.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.17-13sarge3.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.4-1 of pdns-recursor.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.4-1 of pdns-recursor.
We recommend that you upgrade your PowerDNS packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'pdns' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-geo", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-ldap", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-mysql", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-pgsql", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-pipe", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-backend-sqlite", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-doc", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-recursor", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"pdns-server", ver:"2.9.17-13sarge3", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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