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Vulnerability details: VCID-hbep-jn87-c3a6
Vulnerability ID VCID-hbep-jn87-c3a6
Aliases CVE-2006-0987
Summary bind: DDoS (traffic amplification) via DNS queries with spoofed IP addresses due to additional information delegation to arbitrary IP addresses
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.3
Risk 0.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
epss 0.36895 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-0987.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-0987
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0987
356266 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356266
873618 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873618
Data source Metasploit
Description This module can be used to discover DNS servers which expose recursive name lookups which can be used in an amplification attack against a third party.
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Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source URL https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/tree/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/dns/dns_amp.rb
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97122
EPSS Score 0.36895
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:00:25.166113+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-0987.json 38.0.0