SB2012021701 - Denial of service in PowerDNS Authoritative
Published: February 17, 2012 Updated: June 21, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012021701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0206)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in common_startup.cc. A remote attacker can send specially crafted UDP responses to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.