CVE-2012-0206: Powerdns Authoritative Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: up to and including 2.9.22; version 3.0 only

Published 2012-02-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.