CVE-2015-1868
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · CWE-399
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.3, and 3.7.x before 3.7.2 and Authoritative (Auth) Server 3.2.x, 3.3.x before 3.3.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a name that refers to itself.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)82%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307