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pdns — security advisory
common_startup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 2.9.22.5 and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loop) via a crafted UDP DNS response.
- Products
- pdns
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.0-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-0206
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
common_startup.cc in PowerDNS (aka pdns) Authoritative Server before 2.9.22.5 and 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet loop) via a crafted UDP DNS response.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0206
pdns
Fixed versions: 3.0-1.1
pdns
Fixed versions: 3.0-1.1
pdns
Fixed versions: 3.0-1.1
Complete source record
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