Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-3441
CVE-2006-3441
Description
Buffer overflow in the DNS Client service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted record response. NOTE: while MS06-041 implies that there is a single issue, there are multiple vectors, and likely multiple vulnerabilities, related to (1) a heap-based buffer overflow in a DNS server response to the client, (2) a DNS server response with malformed ATMA records, and (3) a length miscalculation in TXT, HINFO, X25, and ISDN records.
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Affected products
8- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
15- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/794580nvdPatchUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-220A.htmlnvdPatchUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/21394nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/27844nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19404nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3211nvd
- xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/233nvd
- xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/234nvd
- xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/235nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2006/ms06-041nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24586nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28013nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28240nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A723nvd
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