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Powerdns CVE-2015-5470

HIGH
Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
2015-11-02 cve@mitre.org
7.8
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 02, 2015 - 19:59 cve.org
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868.

AnalysisAI

The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. The label decompression functionality in PowerDNS Recursor before 3.6.4 and 3.7.x before 3.7.3 and Authoritative (Auth) Server before 3.3.3 and 3.4.x before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) via a request with a long name that refers to itself. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1868. Affected products include: Powerdns Authoritative, Powerdns Recursor. Version information: before 3.6.4.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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