# CVE-2007-3409: Net::DNS before 0.60, a Perl module, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a malformed compressed DNS

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-06-26 · Updated: 2025-01-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29354
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26012
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=27285
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10595
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1515
- http://www.net-dns.org/docs/Changes.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018376
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_17_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26543
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-483-1
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:146
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0674.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26055
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26075
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24669
- http://osvdb.org/37054
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070701-01-P.asc
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25829
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-06.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473871/100/0/threaded

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