HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2077

Pdnsd vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in Paul Rombouts pdnsd before 1.2.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: this issue might be related to the OUSPG PROTOS DNS test suite.
Affected vendor
Pdnsd
Affected product
Pdnsd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-04-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2077

  • Confirm whether Pdnsd Pdnsd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2077.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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