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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| net-dns / net--dns | - | 0.60 |
| debian / debian_linux | 3.1 | 3.1.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 4.0 | 4.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | 6.10.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | 6.06.x |