CVE-2007-6341

Exp

Net/DNS/RR/A.pm in Net::DNS 0.60 build 654, as used in packages such as SpamAssassin and OTRS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program "croak") via a crafted DNS response.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6341 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.55%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6341

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30895 exploit_db edb 2007-12-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6341

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 18.96% 9.55% -9.41%
2 2026-03-06 19.14% 18.96% -0.18%
3 2025-03-30 19.14%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6341

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6341

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6341

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-6341 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libnet-dns-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6341
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6341
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6341 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libnet-dns-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6341

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-6341

  • Red Hat (2008-01-07T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this flaw to be a security issue. For more information please see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6341

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
net_dns net_dns 0.60 cpe:2.3:a:net_dns:net_dns:0.60:build_654:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6341

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