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CVE-2015-1868

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.

Published

2015-05-18T15:59:05.823

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.2	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.3	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.3.1	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.3.2	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.4.0	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.4.1	Yes
Application	powerdns	authoritative	3.4.3	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	20	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	22	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.5	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.5.1	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.5.2	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.5.3	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.6.0	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.6.1	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.6.2	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.6.3	Yes
Application	powerdns	recursor	3.7.1	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156648.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156655.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156667.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156680.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156725.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156743.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3306 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3307 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74306 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032220 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)