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CVE-2012-0206

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

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.

Affected products

• PowerDNS Authoritative Server: through 2.9.22; 3.0

References

• http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html
• http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2012-01.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772570
• http://doc.powerdns.com/changelog.html
• http://doc.powerdns.com/powerdns-advisory-2012-01.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772570

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